Erich Heckel

Estimate

18,000 - 25,000 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

Erich Heckel
BADENDE AM TEICH (BATHERS BY THE LAKE)
signed E. Heckel and dated 09 (lower right)
watercolour and charcoal on paper laid down on board
22.2 by 27.8cm., 8 3/4 by 11in.

Provenance

Hans Hess, Leicester
J. Bornfriend, London
H. Roland Collection (acquired by 1952; sale: Sotheby's, London, 7th December 1983, lot 321)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

York, City Art Gallery, 1950, no. 12
Newcastle, Hatton Gallery, 1950, no. 44
Leicester, Museum and Art Gallery, 1950, no. 12
Brighton, Art Gallery, 1950, no. 11
London, Roland, Browse & Delbanco, Expressionist Painting, 1952
Southampton Art Gallery, Works from the Roland Collection, 1952
Manchester City Art Gallery & Leeds, City Art Gallery Collection of H. Roland, 1962, no. 44
Durham, University Art Gallery; Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery & Leicester, Museum and Art Gallery, Germany in Ferment, 1970
Folkstone, Art Centre, The Roland Collection, 1975, no. 26
London, Camden Arts Centre, The Roland Collection, 1976
London, Courtauld Institute Galleries, Works from the Roland Collection, 1979, no 16.
Arts Council touring exhibition to Norwich, Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts; York, City Art Gallery; Oxford, Ashmolean Museum; Plymouth, City Museum, Works from the Roland Collection, 1979

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Hans Geissler at the Nachlass Erich Heckel.

Condition

Executed on buff coloured wove paper laid down on board. Affixed to a window mount recto. The sheet is time-darkened and the colours are somewhat faded. A tear of approximately 3cm to the right of the figure at far right of composition. Surface is abraid at lower left edge along the bottom.
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