Der Zeichner (Selbstbildnis). 1948.
Woodcut.
Ebner/Gabelmann 911 H. Dube H 385. Signed, dated, titled and inscribed "Probe“ and "Handdruck“. One of presumably 38 copies. On firm off-white wove paper. 29.9 x 24.3 cm (11.7 x 9.5 in). Sheet: 42,2 x 29,7 cm (16,6 x 11,7 in).
[AM].
• Highly remarkable pictorial effect owing to the masterly varying treatment of the wooden block.
• His experimental handling of the material allowed Heckel to attain an incredible signature style.
• Two of Heckel's key motifs combined: A bather scene frames the expressive self-portrait.

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. 362 (with illu).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 339, SHG no. 544 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 252, SHG no. 569 (with illu.).

In good condition. Margins minimally soiled in places, with very siolated pale spots and with slight kinks in left margin. With a tiy paper blemish along the upper left corner.