Art (1900-1945) > Expressionism Erich Heckel - Biography
Fördelandschaft. 1924.
Drypoint and surface etching.
Signed, dated, titled and inscribed "II. Probe". To date only 27 known copies. On laid paper (with watermark). 25.8 x 35.4 cm (10.1 x 13.9 in). Sheet: ca. 45 x 59 cm (17,7 x 23,2 in).
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• In private family ownership for more than 50 years.
• This work depicts the Flensburg Outer Fjord, where Heckel had found elements of his ideal home, such as hilly terrain and the seashore.
• A copy of the etching is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
PROVENANCE: Private collection Northern Germany (gifted from the artist).
Ever since family owned.
LITERATURE: Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. 2: 1914-1968, Munich 2021, no. 807 R II (of II).
In good condition. Small creases along the sheet edges and scattered, small, faint brown spots in the white margins.
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