Bauerngarten. 1907.
Lithograph.
Signed, dated, titled and numbered "6". One of to date 7 known copies. On wove paper. 26.7 x 32.3 cm (10.5 x 12.7 in). Sheet: 35,4 x 49 cm (13,9 x 19,2 in).
[AR].
• From the early days of the "Brücke", believed to be based on motifs from Dangast.
• In 1907, Erich Heckel made his first lithographs, of which he printed a small edition by hand.
• Of the only 7 copies known to date, the majority are in museums like the Brücke Museum in Berlin or the Staatliche Kunsthalle in Karlsruhe.

PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, vol. I 1903-1913, Munich 2021, no. 231 L I (of II) (illu.).

Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 165, SHG no. 177 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, pp. 152f., SHG no. 339 (illu.).

In good condition. With minimalmount staining. Margins irregular and backed with Japan paper. Two to three small light stains, probably material-related.