Primelstrauß. 1922.
Watercolor over black chalks.
Signed, dated and titled in lower right. On machine-made laid paper. 57 x 33 cm (22.4 x 12.9 in), the full sheet.

• Balanced watercolor with pictorial effect and in an impressive size.
• In 1983 part of the anniversary exhibition on occasion of Erich Heckel's 100th birthday at the Städtische Galerie, Würzburg.
• Similar watercolors are in acclaimed international museums like the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston (Texas), the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main and the Museum Ludwig, Cologne.

The work is documented in the archive of the estate. We are grateful to Mrs Renate Ebner and Herrn Hans Geissler, Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance, for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1973, with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Erich Heckel. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen (Ausstellung zum 100. Geburtstag des Malers), Städtische Galerie, Würzburg, July 3 - September 11, 1983, cat. no. 56 (with illu.).
Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 313, SHG no. 481 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 222, SHG no. 502 (with illu.).