Erich Heckel (German, 1883–1970)

The Fool (Der Narr) from the portfolio New European Graphics, 5th Portfolio: German Artists, 1921 (Neue Europäische Graphik, 5. Mappe: Deutsche Künstler, 1921)

Date:

1917 (published 1923)

Medium:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

composition: 14 x 10 11/16" (35.6 x 27.1 cm); sheet: 17 15/16 x 14 7/8" (45.6 x 37.8 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, laid (G. Fichtner).

Publisher:

Müller & Co. Verlag, Potsdam

Printer:

Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar

Edition:

approx. 130 (including a deluxe edition of 10 on Japan and a regular edition of 100 on various German papers [this ex.]); plus 20 artist's proofs; and an unknown number of impressions outside the edition

Credit Line:

Purchase (by exchange)

Copyright:

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

Reference:

Dube (H)309 II B. Rifkind 1049. Söhn I 105-5.

MoMA Number:

232.1955

Techniques:

Woodcut