Asta: 533 / Modern Art Day Sale and Gerlinger Collection del 10 dicembre 2022 a Monaco di Baviera Lot 425

 

425
Erich Heckel
Plakat für die Ausstellung der K.G. "Brücke" bei Emil Richter, 1908.
Woodcut in red
Stima:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,700
Risultato:
€ 13,750 / $ 14,712

( commissione inclusa)
Plakat für die Ausstellung der K.G. "Brücke" bei Emil Richter. 1908.
Woodcut in red.
Ebner/Gabelmann 271 H A (of C). Dube H 150. Monogrammed in priniting block. The catalog raisonneé mentions only 4 of the originally 200 printed copies of this state. On thin poster paper. 84.4 x 59.8 cm (33.2 x 23.5 in). Sheet: 89,5 x 62,7 cm (35,2 x 24,6 in).
Poster for the exhibition of the artist group "Brücke" at Kunstsalon Emil Richter in Dresden from September 9 to 23, 1908.
Erich Heckel cut the large wooden block in Dangast. Printed by Adolf Littmann, Oldenburg.
Today the block is at the Landesmuseum Oldenburg. [EH].
• This is the first "Brücke" poster executed in woodcut.
• Unusually large woodcut in bright colors
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PROVENANCE: Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloß Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 1995-2001).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Collection Hermann Gerlinger, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 107, SHG no. 54.
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 157, SHG no. 353.
Hans Bolliger, E. W. Kornfeld, Ausstellung Künstlergruppe Brücke. Jahresmappen 1906-12, Bern 1958, no. 49.

In comparison with the design by Kirchner from a year earlier, Erich Heckel’s poster for the 2nd exhibition at art salon Emil Richter on Prager Straße in Dresden signifies an innovative radicalization of the hitherto outdated, two-dimensional design method of poster art. With a half-nude leaning on her right arm and a provocative look, Heckel underlines the artistic statement of "Brücke" art. With the succinct "KG Brücke bei Emil Richter" the artist emphasized the achievement of a business connection with Emil Richter; the location "Pragerstraße" almost disappears in fine print. Again, it is the woodcut that the "Brücke" artists (re)discovered as their medium now also for the large-format poster. And this not only because the process of creation becomes directly visible, as is the case here. Heckel understands the use of different knives to show the contrasts between drawing and writing, emphasizing the character of the surface with the ridges as an artistic position and mentions the printer in small print in bottom righ: "Littmann Oldg". Instead of printing the woodcut himself, as it usually was the case, it was not an option for such a large edition. Heckel, who was staying with Schmidt-Rottluff in Dangast during the summer, has this poster printed with a rich red on off-white paper at the established print-shop Littmann in Oldenburg, which was founded in 1863. [MvL]



425
Erich Heckel
Plakat für die Ausstellung der K.G. "Brücke" bei Emil Richter, 1908.
Woodcut in red
Stima:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,700
Risultato:
€ 13,750 / $ 14,712

( commissione inclusa)