Römische Landschaft. 1909.
India ink drawing on a postcard to Mr and Mrs Köhler-Haussen.
9 x 14 cm (3.5 x 5.5 in).
With two Roman postage stamps, adressed "Herrn und Frau Köhler-Haussen, Dresden A, Bankstraße I, Germania!" and inscribed "Herrn und Frau Köhler-Haussen, Herzlichen Dank für Ihren freundlichen Gruss. Von Italiens Frauen und anderen Schönheiten werde ich Ihnen manches erzählen können. Herzlichen Gruss, Ihr E. Heckel." [AR].
• Postcard with a small drawinf from Rome.
• Erich Heckel reports about Italy's beauties.
• The Brücke-Museum in Berlin has many works from this creative period.

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: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1987, with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: 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. Einfühlung und Ausdruck, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, October 31, 2020 – March 7, 2021 (with illu).
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. 174, SHG no. 198 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, pp. 164f, SHG no. 371 (with illu.).

In good condition, consistent of the age. With small, unobtrusive creases, left margin with a stronger vertical kink, and tiny isolated foxmarks.