Elbfischer (Boot auf der Elbe). 1906.
Woodcut.
Signed, numbered and inscribed "Handdruck 13" and titled "Elbfischer". Monogrammed in printing block. On brownish laid paper. 17.6 x 12.9 cm (6.9 x 5 in). Sheet: 27,5 x 21,6 cm (10,8 x 8,5 in).
[AM].

• Balanced composition of exceptional dynamics.
• Depictions of the Elbe form a central group of motifs in Fritz Bleyl's oeuvre.
• Expressive woodcut from the artist's "Brücke" period.

PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp on the reverse. Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Petra Lewey, Fritz Bleyl. Das druckgraphische Werk, in: ex. cat. Fritz Bleyl und die frühen Jahre der "Brücke", Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schleswig, July 25 - October 31, 1999, Städtisches Museum, Zwickau, January 16 - March 19, 2000, no. H 50.
- -
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 372, SHG no. 827 (illu. on p. 373).

In very good condition consistent of the age. Margins with minimal isolated handling creases. Lower margin with a small cosed split.