Über den Hügel. 1903.
Woodcut.
Ebner/Gabelmann 2 H. Dube H 1. Signed and dated "03-04" (belatedly) as well as inscribed "Noch ein Aquarelldruck". Monogrammed in the printing block. One of to date 2 known copies. On firm off-white paper. 19.9 x 14.6 cm (7.8 x 5.7 in). Sheet: 28,3 x 20,7 cm (11,1 x 8,1 in).
[JS].
• This is one of Erich Heckel's first woodcuts, made in 1903, one year before Kirchner's first one.
• Rare. To date only 2 proofs of this early woodcut are known.
• The other copy is part of the collection of the Museum Folkwang, Essen.
• The execution in watercolor and not - as usual - in printing ink, testifies to Heckel's experimental approach to the medium.
• The watercolor's transparent black allows the printing block's grain to enliven the print image.

PROVENANCE: Walter Kern Collection, Davos (lower right with the collector's stamp, Lugt 1567a, and the hand-written registartion number "H 2/5". Once more with the collector's stamp on the reverse).
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: 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: Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 141, SHG no. 311 (with illu.).