Bäume am Kanal. 1912.
Black Chalks and pencil.
Lower right signed and dated, as well as titled. On off-white wove paper. 25.5 x 31 cm (10 x 12.2 in), size of sheet.
[AM].

• Made in Caputh near Potsdam, a small town that Heckel often went to in order to draw and paint.
• In a scetch-like rendition, Heckel shows uss a caalm canal on which he impressively staged the light reflections on the water.
• The strong accentuations add a remakable expressiveness to the spontaneous depiction.

The work is registered in the Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance. We are grateful to Mrs Renate Ebner and Mr Hans Geissler for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Artist's estate.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1978, with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Erich Heckel 1883-1970. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen. Ausstellung zum 100. Geburtstag des Malers, Städtische Galerie, Würzburg, July 3 - September 11, 1983, cat. no. 27.
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).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 194, SHG no. 237 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 188, SHG no. 422 (with illu.).

In good condition consistent of the age. A few small, minimally soiled spots. Left margin with a vertical folding mark. Lower right margin with a small split. Lower left corner minimally soiled. Both left corners with a tiny round hole, presumably from the making. Right and lower margin slightly irregular. Laid on green-brown paper.