Object number2023.4.2

Stehendes Kind [Fränzi]

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the portfolio Die Brücke VI

Date1910

Artist Erich Heckel (German, 1883 - 1970)

CultureGerman

MediumWoodcut printed in green, red and black on paper, printed 1911

DimensionsImage: 14 1/2 x 10 7/8 in. (36.8 x 27.6 cm)
Sheet: 21 1/4 x 15 3/4 in. (54 x 40 cm)
Matted: 24 x 19 3/4 in. (61 x 50.2 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Lynn Gross Straus, class of 1946

Period20th c

Classification(s)

SignedOn recto, signed lower right margin in pencil: E Heckel

InscribedOn recto, by artist, lower right margin in pencil: 11

Catalogue raisonnéDube 204 b.2 DescriptionA nude abstracted figure with long dark hair stands in a three-quarter profile visible from the thighs up. In the background is an irregular shaped block of red color at top, teal at middle, and black at bottom, all separated by horizontal white bands.

Terms

female

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