Erich Heckel (German, 1883 - 1970). "Frauenkopf". Mixed media (pastel, charcoal, pencil) on paper. 1912. Signed and dated in pencil, lower left. Cream wove paper, deckle edges three sides. Provenance: Through Fritz Bleyl; Private collection, Darien, Connecticut. Heckel, a German expressionist painter and printmaker, was a founding member of the Die Brücke group ("The Bridge") which existed from 1905 to 1913. He and other members of the group greatly admired the work of Edvard Munch, and aimed to make a "bridge" between traditional neo-romantic German painting and modern expressionist painting. Overall size: 8 7/16 x 10 1/2 in. (214 x 267 mm). Image size: 8 3/16 x 9 1/8 in. (208 x 232 mm). [25240] |6000| {R100}