The portfolio comprising a Woodcut , a lithograph and an etching by Erich Heckel, as well as with a woodcut on the dust jacket by Hermann Max Pechstein. The minimum print run is based on the number of passive “Brücke” members; at that time, there were 68 members. Dust jacket (sheet): 57.8 x 43.9 cm.
Contains: Hermann Max Pechstein. Dust jacket with “Kniender Akt mit Schale”. 1911. Woodcut. Monogrammed in the block. On blue wove paper (double sheet). 37.4 x 31 cm (14.8 x 12.3 in). Sheet: 57.8 x 43.9 cm (22.7 x 17.3 in). Erich Heckel. “Stehendes Kind (Fränzi stehend). 1910/11. Woodcut in black, green, and red. Signed, dated, and monogrammed in the block. On firm wove paper. 37.5 x 27.5 cm (14.8 x 10.8 in). Sheet: 53.8 x 39.7 cm (21.3 x 15.8 in). Erich Heckel. “Szene im Wald”. 1910. Chalk and brush lithograph. Signed and dated. On firm laid paper. 27.9 x 34 cm (11 x 13.5 in). Sheet: 40 x 54 cm (15.8 x 21.3 in).Erich Heckel. “Strasse am Hafen (Hamburger Hafen/Strasse mit Brücke).” 1910. Drypoint etching. Signed, dated, and monogrammed and dated on the plate. On firm laid paper. 17 x 20 cm (6.8 x 7.8 in). Sheet: 40.1 x 53.8 cm (15.8 x 21.3 in). Complete 6th annual portfolio..

• Extremely rare, complete portfolio from the heyday of the “Brücke” group.
• Three prints in different techniques of masterful execution.
• “Fränzi Stehend” is one of Erich Heckel’s most notable color woodcuts.
• The annual portfolios were distributed among the passive members of the group.
• Part of a major German private collection for over 30 years.
• Works from this portfolio are in renowned museum collections such as the Städel Museum, Frankfurt, the Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
LITERATURE: Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube, Erich Heckel. Das graphische Werk, vol. 1: Holzschnitte, New York 1964: Erich Heckel, “Stehendes Kind (Fränzi stehend)”, 1910/11: CR no. H 204 B 2 (of B 2). Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube, Erich Heckel: Das graphische Werk, vol. 2: Radierungen, Lithographien, New York 1965: Erich Heckel, “Szene im Wald”, 1910: CR no. L 153. Erich Heckel, “Strasse am Hafen (Hamburger Hafen/Strasse mit Brücke)”, 1910: CR no. R 91. Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Erich Heckel. Catalogue Raisonné of Prints, vol. 1: 1903-1913, Munich 2021: Erich Heckel, “Stehendes Kind (Fränzi stehend)”, 1910/11: CR no. 423 H B 1 (of B 2), illustrated in color. Erich Heckel, “Szene im Wald”, 1910: CR no. 451 L II (of II), illustrated. Erich Heckel, “Strasse am Hafen (Hamburger Hafen/Strasse mit Brücke)”, 1910: CR no. 485 R II (of II), illustrated. Günter Krüger, Das druckgraphische Werk Max Pechsteins, Hamburg 1988: Hermann Max Pechstein, dust jacket with “Kniender Akt mit Schale,” 1911: CR no. H 132, (illustrated). - - Hans Bolliger, E. W. Kornfeld, Exhibition: Künstlergruppe Brücke. Annual Portfolios 1906-12, Bern 1958, pp. 20-21, nos. 21-24 (probably a different copy). Magdalena M. Moeller (ed.), Exhibition catalog The Annual Portfolios of “Brücke” 1906-1912, Brücke Museum Berlin, archive volume 17/1989, cat. nos. 21-24, with full-page color illustrations, pp. 87-91 (different copy). Gerhart Söhn (ed.), Handbuch der Original-Graphik in deutschen Zeitschriften, Mappenwerken, Kunstbüchern und Katalogen (HDO) 1890-1933, vol. II, Düsseldorf 1990, nos. 216-1-4, illustrated (probably a different copy). Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Stuttgart 1995, pp. 116-117, SHG nos. 72-75, nos. 72-73 with color plates (different copy). Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 215th Auction, Kunst des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, Teil I, June 23, 1995, lot 27 (illustrated) Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory Catalog of the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, pp. 178-179, SHG nos. 399-401; p. 398, SHG no. 869, illustrated in color (different copy). Magdalena M. Moeller (ed.), Exhibition catalog: Dokumente der Künstlergruppe Brücke, Brücke Archive 22/2007, Munich 2007, cat. no. 32 (a-d), illustrated in color (different copy).

Künstlergruppe Brücke. Annual Portfolios 1909-1912, Galerie Utermann, Dortmund, Nov. 23-Dec. 23, 1994, illustrated in color (presumably a different copy). 100 Jahre Brücke. Expressionismus aus Berlin, Kunsthalle Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Feb. 24-May 21, 2006, no. VI. 60-63, illustrated in color (presumably a different copy). Lebenslust & Totentanz. Olbricht Collection, Kunsthalle Krems, July 18-November 7, 2010 (only “Stehendes Kind (Fränzi stehend)")

Olbricht Collection, Essen/Berlin (since 1995, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern)

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