Badende am Main. 1927.
Watercolor over India ink on a postcard.
Lower left signed and dated. 10.8 x 15.1 cm (4.2 x 5.9 in), the full sheet. [AW].

• Erich Heckel makes postcards small works of art.
• He was presumably inspired by memories of a stay at the Moritzburg Ponds.
• Study for the lost painting of the same name from 1927 (Hüneke vol. II 1927-5).

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

PROVENANCE: Estate of the artist (until 1981).
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Erich Heckel 1883-1970. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen. Exhibition on the occasion of the painter's 100th birthday, Städtische Galerie, Würzburg, July 3 - September 11, 1983, cat. no. 70.
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).
Erich Heckel, Empathy and Expression, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, October 31, 2020 - March 7, 2021, extended until June 20, 2021 (illu. on p. 321).
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. 322, SHG no. 501 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 233, SHG no. 524 (illu.).

In good condition, colors in fine impression. Firmly mounted on backing paper.