Woodcut in colors.
Dube 344 b. Signed, dated and inscribed "Probe". Trial proof aside from the edition. On off-white laid paper. 29.4 x 15.5 cm. Sheet: 43,5 x 36 cm.
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- Strongly colored print in two contrasting colors. - The world of vaudeville, theater and circus was one of the main motifs of the "Brücke" artists and had a lasting influence on Heckel's artistic work up to his late creative period. - Throughout his life, Heckel was regarded a sensitive observer: the seriousness and melancholy that can also be felt here characterize the portraits and depictions of figures throughout his oeuvre. - A further copy of this color woodcut is in the collection of the Museum Folkwang, Essen.
LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 326, SHG no. 508 (illu.). Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 238, SHG no. 532 (illu.).
Erich Heckel 
