Reiterchimäre II. 1957.
Brush and India ink, with watercolors.
Lower right signed and dated. On thin, slightly brownish cardboard. 21.5 x 16 cm (8.4 x 6.2 in), size of sheet. [EH].


• Draft for the 1958 annual sheet (Ebner/Gabelmann 1001 H. Dube 426)
• This fantasy figure, which occupied Heckel for a long time and appears in several of his works, was a piece of wood he had found on the beach near Osterholz.

The work is registered in the Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance. We are grateful to Mrs Renate Ebner for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Artist's estate.
Private collection Berlin (since 1980).

In good condition. Overall slightly browned and faded.