Oil on canvas. Monogrammed and dated in the lower right corner. Signed and dated on the reverse of the canvas. Additionally signed, dated, and titled on the stretcher. 80 x 70.2 cm. . [CH].
- First exhibited as early as the 1930s and exhibited and published on numerous occasions in the decades that followed. - Part of a Swiss private collection since 1989. - Created in Heckel's Berlin studio apartment in 1926; Heckel incorporated the apartment's painted wall designs into some of his works. - With this particularly vivid combination of a classical floral still life and a grisaille-like, almost sculptural mural in the background, Heckel demonstrates his mastery of the medium. - Similar floral still lifes by the artist are held at the Hamburger Kunsthalle and the Hessisches Landesmuseum in Darmstadt, among other institutions (several other still lifes from this period have been destroyed; see CR Hüneke).
We are grateful to Renate Ebner, from the Erich Heckel Estate in Hemmenhofen on Lake Constance, for the kind expert advice.
LITERATURE: Andreas Hüneke, Erich Heckel. Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Murals, and Sculptures, Vol. II (1919-1964), Munich 2017, CR no. 1926-26 (illustrated) and on p. 421 (illustrated). Paul Vogt, Erich Heckel, Recklinghausen 1965, CR no. 1926/19. - - Janina Dahlmanns, Erich Heckels Werk der Zwischenkriegsjahre 1919-1937, Hamburg 2016, pp. 209-210.

Erich Heckel, Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Berlin, November 1930, cat. no. 2. Erich Heckel, Bilder aus den Jahren 1906-1930, Städtisches Museum, Chemnitz, March 18-April 30, 1931, cat. no. 73 (illustrated). Erich Heckel, Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Berlin, April 22-June 8, 1934, cat. no. 1. Erich Heckel, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, October 3-November 3, 1935, cat. no. 11. Erich Heckel, Kunstverein, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1950; Kunsthalle Mannheim, 1950, cat. no. 21. Die alten Meister der modernen Kunst in Deutschland I, Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Cologne, Nov. 15, 1951-Jan. 15, 1952, cat. no. 16. Erich Heckel. Zur Vollendung des siebenten Lebensjahrzehntes, Museum Folkwang, Essen, 1953; Heidelberg 1953; Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster, July 18-September 15, 1953, cat. no. 62. Erich Heckel, Städtisches Museum, Duisburg, July 20-September 1, 1957, cat. no. 45. Erich Heckel. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Graphik 1912-1961, Wessenberghaus, Kunstverein Konstanz, Oct. 8-Nov. 19, 1961, cat. no. 10. Erich Heckel, Fränkische Galerie, Nuremberg, Jan. 10-Feb. 9, 1964; Kunst- und Gewerbeverein, Pforzheim, March 8-April 5, 1964, cat. no. 14. Erich Heckel, Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, February 26-April 17, 1966; Kunstverein Hannover, May 8-June 5, 1966; Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d'Italia, July 1-Aug. 1966, cat. no. 154. Erich Heckel, Galleria Henze, Campione d'Italia, 1979, cat. no. 7. Modern Art, Galleria Henze, Campione d'Italia, 1985, cat. no. 21

Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Cologne. Erich Heckel, Hemmenhofen. Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d'Italia (1965). Galleria Henze, Campione d'Italia. Private collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in 1989) In possession of the family ever since