Lot 159
  • 159

Erich Heckel

Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
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Description

  • Erich Heckel
  • Die Brüder Karamasow
  • Signed
  • Etching
  • image: 27.1 by 21.9cm.; 10 5/8 by 8 1/2 in.
  • sheet: 40.4 by 30.6cm.; 15 7/8 by 12in.
Lithograph, 1919, signed and dated in pencil, from the total edition of 125, on wove paper, framed

Literature

Annemarie & Wolf-Dieter Dube, Erich Heckel - Das Graphische Werk, Band II, Radierungen - Lithographien, New York, 1964, no.L253, illustrated (another example).

Condition

With wide margins, in good condition apart from areas of skinning at the upper sheet corners and lower right sheet edge verso, the latter with some associated paper loss, two short creases in the lower part of the image (only visible upon close inspection), light-staining, a few scattered fox marks, old hinge remains at the upper left sheet corner verso, taped to the front mount along the upper sheet edge verso with remains of tape at places along left, right and bottom sheet edges verso, framed.
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