Parksee. 1914.
Etching.
Signed and dated, titled in lower left. One of to date 31 known copies. On laid paper (with truncated watermark). 24.6 x 19.8 cm (9.6 x 7.7 in). Sheet: 35,8 x 28,9 cm (14,1 x 11,4 in).
The paper suggests that this presumably is one of the copies from the unnumbered edition for I. B. Neumann, Berlin. [AR].

• A particularly impressive print by Erich Heckel.
• Characterized by great clarity and an almost meditative effect.
• The interplay of perspective, reflections and reduction of form create an incredibly balanced effect.
• The painting "Parksee" was created in the same year; it shows the same motif in color.
• Further copies can be found in important museum collections like the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, the Museum Folkwang in Essen and the Brücke-Museum in Berlin.

We are grateful to Mrs Renate Ebner and Mr Hans Geissler, Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance, for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 6032, acquired from the above in 1977).

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, extended until June 20, 2021 (illu. in color on p. 232).

LITERATURE: Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. II 1914-1968, Munich 2021, no. 667 R, presumably B (of B) (illu. in color).
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Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, pp. 294f., SHG no. 438 (illu.in color).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 203, SHG no. 456 (illu.).

In good condition. The upper edge of the sheet with two to three faint creases, one of which runs diagonally across the sheet, but completely outside the image.