Picture "Palmtraube" (1968)
Picture "Palmtraube" (1968)
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limited, 80 copies | numbered | signed | dated | titled | colour lithograph on handmade paper | framed | size 66 x 58 cm
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Picture "Palmtraube" (1968)
Colour lithograph, printed from three stones, partially overprinted, 1968. 80 copies on Rives handmade paper, numbered, signed, dated and titled. Printed by Emil Matthieu, Zurich, Catalogue raisonné Ebner/Gabelmann 1081L, Dube L 398. The motif was first created by the artist in a slightly altered form in a tempera painting in 1958. Motif size 47.8 x 41 cm. Sheet size 56.3 x 45.1 cm. Size in frame 66 x 58 cm as shown.
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About Erich Heckel
Erich Heckel (1883-1970) is one of the most important artists of German Expressionism. In 1905, together with Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Fritz Bleyl, he founded the legendary artists' group "Die Brücke" in Dresden, which later Max Pechstein, Emil Nolde and Otto Mueller joined.
After World War I Heckel developed a new, cosmopolitan classicism that was accompanied by a more naturalistic approach and a brightening of the palette. In the 1920s, he produced numerous landscape works, including the unusually large charcoal drawing of the 'Westerholz Mill', which is still a popular touristic destination in Schleswig-Holstein.
Erich Heckel's works are represented in the world's leading museums and collections.
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