Erich Heckel (German, 1883–1970)

On the Beach

Date:

(1923)

Medium:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

composition (irreg.): 16 1/8 x 10 5/16" (41 x 26.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 20 9/16 x 14 5/16" (52.2 x 36.3 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove "japan".

Publisher:

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

Printer:

Fritz Voigt, Berlin

Edition:

Portfolio: 300, including 80 on "japan" paper [this ex.] (plus 1 h.c. for the publisher); and 220 on Bütten paper; plus an unknown number of impressions outside the portfolio edition

Credit Line:

Gift of Samuel A. Berger

Copyright:

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

Reference:

Dube (H)336 III B. Söhn 335-6.

MoMA Number:

354.1954

Themes:

Nature, Nude, Primitivism

Techniques:

Woodcut