Erich Heckel
Erich Heckel
1883 - 1970
Junge Männer. 1924.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower left. Signed and dated again on the reverse of the canvas and on the stretcher, as well as titled on the stretcher. 83.5 x 96.3 cm (32.8 x 37.9 in).
[AR].
• A masterful depiction of a metaphysical, contemplative experience of nature.
• A perfect harmony of color, form, and motif: humanity and nature merge into an evocative unity.
• The Baltic Sea as a source of inspiration: In its bays and coastal landscapes, Heckel found renewed artistic vitality between the world wars.
• Exhibited in a museum as early as 1928, and most recently in the retrospective at the Schleswig State Museum and the Brücke Museum in Berlin in 2010–11.
PROVENANCE: Estate of Erich Heckel, Hemmenhofen.
Galerie Pels-Leusden, Berlin (2000).
Rauert Collection, Hamburg.
Galerie Henze & Ketterer Gallery, Wichtrach.
Private collection, Northern Germany.
Southern German collection.
EXHIBITION: Erich Heckel, Municipal Museum, Königsberg Art Association, Feb. 12–Mar. 18, 1928, cat. no. 19.
Erich Heckel, Galerie Westenhoff, Hamburg, Oct. 12–Dec. 6, 1993, cat. no. 1.
Sommergäste (Summer Guests), Galerie Pels-Leusden, Kampen, July 9–Oct. 8, 2000, cat. no. 27.
Erich Heckel, Galerie Henze & Ketterer, Wichtrach, 2009.
Expressionisten, insbesondere die Maler der “Brücke,” Galerie Henze & Ketterer, Wichtrach, 2010, cat. no. 95 (with color illustration on p. 149).
Erich Heckel: Aufbruch und Tradition. A Retrospective, Schleswig-Holstein State Museum, Schleswig, April 25–August 29, 2010; Brücke Museum, Berlin, September 19, 2010–January 16, 2011, cat. no. 90.
LITERATURE: Andreas Hüneke, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Wandbilder und Skulpturen, Vol. II (1919–1964), Munich 2017, CR no. 1924–8 (with color illustration on p. 108).
Paul Vogt, Erich Heckel, Recklinghausen 1965, CR no. 1924-5 (with b/w illustration).
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Magdalena M. Moeller, Janina Dahlmanns, Max Kaus—Erich Heckel: eine Künstlerfreundschaft, Berlin 2015, pp. 18–19.
Janina Dahlmanns, Erich Heckel Werk der Zwischenkriegsjahre 1919–1937, Hamburg 2016, p. 203.
Erich Heckel
1883 - 1970
Junge Männer. 1924.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower left. Signed and dated again on the reverse of the canvas and on the stretcher, as well as titled on the stretcher. 83.5 x 96.3 cm (32.8 x 37.9 in).
[AR].
• A masterful depiction of a metaphysical, contemplative experience of nature.
• A perfect harmony of color, form, and motif: humanity and nature merge into an evocative unity.
• The Baltic Sea as a source of inspiration: In its bays and coastal landscapes, Heckel found renewed artistic vitality between the world wars.
• Exhibited in a museum as early as 1928, and most recently in the retrospective at the Schleswig State Museum and the Brücke Museum in Berlin in 2010–11.
PROVENANCE: Estate of Erich Heckel, Hemmenhofen.
Galerie Pels-Leusden, Berlin (2000).
Rauert Collection, Hamburg.
Galerie Henze & Ketterer Gallery, Wichtrach.
Private collection, Northern Germany.
Southern German collection.
EXHIBITION: Erich Heckel, Municipal Museum, Königsberg Art Association, Feb. 12–Mar. 18, 1928, cat. no. 19.
Erich Heckel, Galerie Westenhoff, Hamburg, Oct. 12–Dec. 6, 1993, cat. no. 1.
Sommergäste (Summer Guests), Galerie Pels-Leusden, Kampen, July 9–Oct. 8, 2000, cat. no. 27.
Erich Heckel, Galerie Henze & Ketterer, Wichtrach, 2009.
Expressionisten, insbesondere die Maler der “Brücke,” Galerie Henze & Ketterer, Wichtrach, 2010, cat. no. 95 (with color illustration on p. 149).
Erich Heckel: Aufbruch und Tradition. A Retrospective, Schleswig-Holstein State Museum, Schleswig, April 25–August 29, 2010; Brücke Museum, Berlin, September 19, 2010–January 16, 2011, cat. no. 90.
LITERATURE: Andreas Hüneke, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Wandbilder und Skulpturen, Vol. II (1919–1964), Munich 2017, CR no. 1924–8 (with color illustration on p. 108).
Paul Vogt, Erich Heckel, Recklinghausen 1965, CR no. 1924-5 (with b/w illustration).
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Magdalena M. Moeller, Janina Dahlmanns, Max Kaus—Erich Heckel: eine Künstlerfreundschaft, Berlin 2015, pp. 18–19.
Janina Dahlmanns, Erich Heckel Werk der Zwischenkriegsjahre 1919–1937, Hamburg 2016, p. 203.
