Lot 160
  • 160

Erich Heckel

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Erich Heckel
  • Jüngling
  • Signed
  • Woodcut on paper
  • image: 36 by 29.9cm.; 14 1/8 by 11 3/4 in.
  • sheet: 66.8 by 52.1cm.; 26 1/4 by 20 1/2 in.
Woodcut, 1917, the second state (of three), signed and dated in pencil, an impression aside from the edition of 40, on handmade paper, framed

Literature

Annemarie & Wolf-Dieter Dube, Erich Heckel - Das Graphische Werk, Band I Holzschnitte, New York, 1964, no.310, illustrated (another example).

Condition

With wide margins, in good condition apart from a few inconspicuous short creases in the image, other scattered creases located mostly near the sheet edges, some minute vertical tears at the upper sheet edge, very pale light-staining, a few pale fox marks, remains of old hinges at upper sheet corners verso with associated discoloration, framed.
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