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ERICH HECKEL (1883-1970)

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11.11.2023 13:30UTC -04:00
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ID 1059579
Lot 747 | ERICH HECKEL (1883-1970)
ERICH HECKEL (1883-1970)

Weisse Zirkuspferde

signed with initials and dated 'EH 21' (lower left)

oil on canvas

37 x 47 ¼ in. (94 x 120 cm.)

Painted in 1921





Provenance

Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione (1965).

Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London.

Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, July 1975.



Literature

B. Myers, Die Malerei des Expressionismus: eine Generation im Aufbruch, Cologne, 1957, p. 125.

P. Vogt, Erick Heckel, Recklinghausen, 1965, no. 1921⁄5 (illustrated).

R. Müller-Mehlis, "Erich Heckel" in Die Kunst und das schöne, 1968, no. 66.

M. Lucke and A. Hüneke, Erich Heckel, Dresden, 1992, pp. 130-131.

A. Hüneke, Erich Heckel: Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Wandbilder und Skulpturen, Munich, 2017, vol. II, p. 45, no. 1921-5 (illustrated in color).



Exhibited

Berlin, Kronprinzenpalais, Erich Heckel, March-May 1922.

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, German Painting and Sculpture, March-April 1931, no. 26 (illustrated; titled Circus).

Kunstverein Freiburg and Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, Erich Heckel, 1950, no. 9.

Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft and Berlin Hochschule für bildende Künste, Erich Heckel, July 1953, no. 35 (illustrated).

Munster, Landesmuseum, Erich Heckel: Zur vollendung des siebenten lebensjahrzehntes, July-September 1953, no. 46.

Konstanz, Kunstverein, Erich Heckel, October-November 1961, no. 6.

Essen, Museum Folkwang, Erich Heckel: Zur vollendung des achten lebensjahrzehntes, November 1963-January 1964, no. 32.

Campione, Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Modern Kunst III, August 1966, no. 55.

Munich, Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer; Kunstverein Hannover and Lugano, Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Erich Heckel, February-June 1966, no. 115.

Campione, Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Moderne Kunst V, 1968, no. 38.

(possibly) New York, Marlborough Gallery, Inc., Masters of the 20th Century, 1971, no. 69.

Ottowa, National Gallery of Canada; The Winnipeg Art Gallery and Cambridge, Massachusetts, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Erich Heckel: Peintures, aquarelles, dessins, travaux graphiques, 1971-1972, no. 15 (illustrated, pl. 24; titled Chevaux de cirque blancs).

Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Arte Aleman en Venezuela, June-August 1979.
Artist:Erich Heckel (1883 - 1970)
Art style:Impressionism, Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
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