Dorfstraße (Bergstraße). 1905.
Woodcut.
Lewey H 24. Signed and monogrammed in printing block. On off-white laid paper. 18.2 x 14.9 cm (7.1 x 5.8 in). Sheet: 28,5 x 22,3 cm (11,2 x 8,8 in).

• Atmospheric street view in the artist's characteristic style.
• The work depicts a street in Aschaffenburg, where Heckel and Bleyl stayed in 1905.
• This is the first time that a proof of this print is offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).

PROVENANCE: Barbara Wentzel, Stuttgart (inherited from Prof. Dr. Hans Wentzel, presumably in 1975).
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1991, with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: 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. 127, SHG no. 33 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 369, SHG no. 817 (with illu.).