Badende am Teich (Moritzburg). 1910.
Woodcut.
Dube H 203. Signed, dated and titled. On off-white laid paper. 20 x 15.1 cm (7.8 x 5.9 in). Sheet: 34,3 x 25 cm (13,5 x 9,7 in).
[CH].
• From the best Dresden "Brücke" period.
• During their stays at the Moritzburg Lakes (1909-1911), the "Brücke" artists created particularly innovative, expressive and pioneering works.
• Henceforth, the motif of bathers and the plein-air nude would be among their main motifs.
• In this work, Heckel stages the female nudes through the symmetry of the depiction.
• With just a few means, the artist creates a depth effect, a strong contrast between the "blank" surface of the pond and the dark tree trunks, thus creating an almost stage-like composition.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Ilse Schweinsteiger, Munich.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032, acquired from the above in 1990).

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. 186, SHG no. 217 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 176, SHG no. 396 (illu. on p. 177).

Good overall impression. Upper left corner with small paper loss, professionally repaired. Upper right corner with professionally closed diagonal tear through the entire margin. The wide margin with isolated creases and traces of rubbing and minimally unfresh.