Erich Heckel (German, 1883–1970)

Bathers on the Alster (Badende an der Alster)

Date:

(1913), dated 1914

Medium:

Drypoint

Dimensions:

plate: 5 13/16 x 7 13/16" (14.8 x 19.9 cm); sheet: 9 1/2 x 13 1/8" (24.2 x 33.3 cm)

Paper:

Cream, slightly textured, wove.

Publisher:

Paul Cassirer, Berlin

Printer:

Pan-Presse, Berlin

Edition:

60; plus a few impressions outside the edition (possibly this ex.)

Credit Line:

Gift of Samuel A. Berger

Copyright:

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

Reference:

Dube (R)121.

MoMA Number:

348.1954

Themes:

Nature, Nude, Primitivism

Techniques:

Intaglio