Yellow Flowers | Gelbe Blüten
HECKEL, Erich (1883-1970)

ERICH HECKEL 1883-1970

Döbeln 1883 – 1970 Radolfzell (German)

Title: Yellow Flowers | Gelbe Blüten, 1948

Technique: Signed, Dated and Titled Watercolour and Chalk Drawing on Laid Paper

Paper size: 63.2 x 48.5 cm. / 24.8 x 19 in.

Additional Information: This watercolour is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist “Heckel 48” [1948] in the lower right image.

It is also hand titled in pencil “Gelbe Blüten” [Yellow Flowers] in the lower right image.

There is an abandoned sketch of a male nude in a landscape which has been white-washed, verso.

Note: Renate Ebner, the archive’s expert suggests due to a shortage of paper the artist repurposed the sheet for the still life. The male nude appears to be related to a wall hanging (originally on fabric) from the artist’s Berlin studio.

Provenance:

Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf.

Galerie Heuser, Düsseldorf,1980.

Private Collection North Rhine Westphalia.

This watercolour is recorded in the archive of the Erich-Heckel-Stiftung, Hemmenhofen.

Condition: Very good condition. A very small, but skilfully repaired tear in the upper left corner. The sheet is slightly toned along the right edge. Remnants of hinging tape in the corners, verso.