Bildnis. 1965.
Woodcut in colors.
Ebner/Gabelmann 1057 H II B (of III). Dube H 453. Signed, dated and numbered. From an edition of 35 copies on this type of paper. On Japon. 53.5 x 38.7 cm (21 x 15.2 in). Sheet: 75,3 x 53,7 cm (29,6 x 21,1 in).
Sheet 5 from the portfolio Europäische Graphik IV (Selbstbildnisse). Released by Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer in cooperation with the publisher Felix H. Man, Munich 1966 (with the blindstamp). Printed by Emil Matthieu, Zürich. [AM].
• Self-portrait for the portfolio Europäische Graphik IV.
• Lavishly made background with a snow landscape like the one that Heckel saw in the Black Forest the year the work was made.
• Other copies are at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Museum Folkwang, Essen, and the Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal.

PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022)
Erich Heckel. Einfühlung und Ausdruck, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, October 31, 2020 – March 7, 2021, p.407 (with illu).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 360, SHG no. 596 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 274, SHG no. 626 (with illu.).

In good condition. Sheet minimally unevenly discolored and minimally wavy and creased in outer margins. Upper and lower margin with a tiny pinhole each, presumably from the making.