Erich Heckel (German, 1883–1970)

Woman (Frau) from the third Ganymed-Portfolio (dritten Ganymed-Mappe)

Date:

1913 (published 1924)

Medium:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

composition: 7 1/16 x 4 1/8" (18 x 10.5 cm); sheet: 14 3/16 x 8 1/4" (36 x 21 cm)

Paper:

Cream, slightly textured, laid Asian.

Publisher:

Marées-Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co., Munich

Printer:

Fritz Voigt, Berlin

Edition:

Portfolio edition: 100 [this ex.]; Illustrated book edition (Ganymed, Jahrbuch für die Kunst, no. 5 [1925]): 1000; plus an unknown number of proofs outside the portfolio and illustrated book editions

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Cartwright

Copyright:

© 2016 Erich Heckel / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany

Reference:

Dube (H)259 II B. Rifkind 1034. Söhn 118-8.

MoMA Number:

231.1955

Themes:

Primitivism

Techniques:

Woodcut