Woodcut. Signed, dated and titled "- Singendes Kind -" in lower margin. Monogrammed "H" in printing block. From an edition of 11 known copies. On firm Japon. 20.5 x 15 cm. Sheet: 34,5 x 27,8 cm.
[JS].
- From the early "Brücke" period. - Rare. So far only one other copy has been offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com). - Further copies can be found in, among others, the collection of the Folkwang Museum, Essen, the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, the Brücke Museum Berlin and the estate of Erich Heckel, Hemmenhofen.
LITERATURE: Renate Ebner / Andreas Gabelmann, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. I 1903-1913, Munich 2021, p. 84, no. 127 H (illu., different copy). Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 164, SHG no. 171 (illu.). Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 150, SHG no. 331 (illu.).