Kastanienbaum. 1906.
Woodcut.
Monogrammed in the printing block. On firm Japon. 21 x 19.1 cm (8.2 x 7.5 in). Sheet: 29 x 22,5 cm (11,4 x 8,8 in).
[EH].

• Works by Bleyl from this creative year of his important "Brücke" period are rarely offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• Further copies can be found in, among others, the Kupferstichkabinett, Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, and the Städtisches Museum, Zwickau.

PROVENANCE: Artist's family.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 2005, 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: 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, H 46.
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Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 371, SHG no. 824.

In good condition. A small, slightly dark irregularity in the paper in the upper part of the image.