Drypoint and surface etching. Signed, dated, titled and inscribed "II. Probe". To date only 27 known copies. On laid paper (with watermark). 25.8 x 35.4 cm. Sheet: ca. 45 x 59 cm.
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- In private family ownership for more than 50 years. - This work depicts the Flensburg Outer Fjord, where Heckel had found elements of his ideal home, such as hilly terrain and the seashore. - A copy of the etching is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
LITERATURE: Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. 2: 1914-1968, Munich 2021, no. 807 R II (of II).
