Mann mit Baskenmütze. 1948.
Lithograph.
Ebner/Gabelmann 918 L II (of II). Dube L 332. Signed and dated as well as titled, numbered and inscribed the signet of the Lovis-Press "LP". From an edition of 27 copies. Ob off-white paper. 34 x 21 cm (13.3 x 8.2 in). Sheet: 55,5 x 34,2 cm (21,9 x 13,6 in).
Printed by the Lovis-Press, Schwenningen. [JS].
• "Mann mit Baskenmütze" - a self portrait by Erich Heckel.
• Since 1933 Heckel experimented - also because of lack of suitable material - with irregularly shaped litho stones, found stones of Solnhofer slate, of which he used some for up to ten different lithographs.
• The crescent form in the background is an animal horn that is still part of the estate today and which Heckel's brother Manfred had brought from Africa.
• Proofs from this state are at, among others, the Brücke Museum, Berlin, the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe and the Museum Folkwang, Essen..

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).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 339, SHG no. 543 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 252, SHG no. 568 (with illu.).

In good condition. Broad margin minimally stained.