Männerbildnis, 1919

Title

Männerbildnis (Original Title)

Artist

• Erich Heckel

Edition

Probedruck

Period Produced

• 20th century

Object Type

• art print

Physical Description

Colour woodcut from two printing blocks, partially sawn in pieces, on laid paper

Material

• Vergé paper

Technique

• colour woodcut

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unter der Darstellung rechts (mit Bleistift): ErichHeckel 19; bezeichnet unter der Darstellung links: Probe / Eigendruck; betitelt unten links: – Männerbildnis –

Watermark

• oben links und versetzt oben rechts: Schreitender Löwe / JWZ [Zanders; monogrammiert]

Work Catalogues

• Dube H. 318 II (von II) A, Probedruck

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© Nachlass Erich Heckel, Hemmenhofen; VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

Acquisition

Acquired in 2019 with funds from Volker Westerborg

Genre

• portrait
• self-portrait

Main Motif

• artist portrait
• man
• Erich Heckel

Persons Shown

• Erich Heckel

Primary

• 31D14 adult man
• 48C513 portrait, self-portrait of painter
• 61B2(HECKEL, Erich)11(+522) historical person (HECKEL, Erich) - historical person (HECKEL, Erich) portrayed alone (+ three-quarter view portrait)

Secondary

• 31A221 head (human)
• 31B6251 creased, wrinkled forehead
• 31A2522 hands folded
• 49D32 line (~ planimetry, geometry)
• 49D43 prism ~ stereometry
• 22C4 colours, pigments, and paints