Woodcut in colors. Signed. Copy aside from the unnumbered edition. On slightly structured wove paper. 46 x 32.5 cm. Sheet: 66,5 x 55 cm.
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- This is probably the most important self-portrait in the artist's oeuvre. - A milestone in expressionist color print art, with a monotype-like finish. - High-contrast print in black, blue, green and ochre with an almost painterly application of color and a print appearance that distinguishes all known copies from the three printing states. - Shown on the poster of the 1963 comprehensive exhibition of prints at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart to celebrate Heckel's 80th birthday and in 2015 on the cover of the catalog for the exhibition "Max Kaus - Erich Heckel. Eine Künstlerfreundschaft" at the Brücke-Museum in Berlin. - Further copies of this print are in museum collections, such as the Saarlandmuseum, Saarbrücken and the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.
LITERATURE: Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube, Erich Heckel. Das graphische Werk, vol. 1: Holzschnitte, New York 1964, no. 238 II (of II B). Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. 2 (1914-1968), Munich 2021, no. 739 H III A (of III B), pp. 104f. - - Galerie Kornfeld & Cie, Bern, Kunst des 19. und 20.Jahrhunderts, June 23, 2000, lot 50 (illustrated).

Olbricht Collection, Essen/Berlin (acquired in 2000)

In good condition. Side margins slightly irregularly trimmed. The sheet minimally creased in the lower outer right margin. The sheet margins are without tears, a delicate small brown stain on the right. The color application in the image unfaded.