Bootsentladung auf der Elbe. 1906/07.
Woodcut.
Lewey H 59. Monogrammed in printing block. On firm off-white wove paper. 12.5 x 16.8 cm (4.9 x 6.6 in). Sheet: 21 x 30 cm (8,3 x 11,8 in).
[AM].
• One of the central motifs in Fritz Bleyl's oeuvre.
• Dynamic woodcut from the artist's "Brücke" period.
• A copy of this dynamic woodcut is offered for the first time on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).

PROVENANCE: In possession of the artist's family.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 2005, with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Expressiv! Die Künstler der Brücke. Die Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Albertina Vienna, June 1 - August 26, 2007, cat. no. 22 (with illu.).
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. 374, SHG no. 381 (with illu.).