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ERICH HECKEL (1883-1970)
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ERICH HECKEL (1883-1970)

Weisse Pferde

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ERICH HECKEL (1883-1970)
Weisse Pferde
woodcut printed from two blocks in black, green, powder blue and dark blue, 1912, on Zanders laid paper, watermark Rampant Lion and pendant initials JWZ, signed and dated in pencil, a very good impression of the fourth, final state, printing with loosely and transparently applied colours, probably from the edition of approximately eighty unnumbered impressions, published by I. B. Neumann, Berlin, with wide margins, the colours fresh and bright, in good condition
Block 320 x 310 mm., Sheet 393 x 405 mm.

Specialist note

Depictions of animals are rare in Heckel's printed oeuvre and unlike most depictions of landscapes and nature by the Brücke artists, there is a sense of impending drama in this highly concentrated composition. This feeling of unease is further heightened by the uneven shape of the block. This image of figures leading two white horses in a sudden gale is one of the most memorable woodcuts of German Expressionist printmaking and a classic work of the period.