Reclining Nude (Model), Erich Heckel
Erich Heckel
Reclining Nude (Model)
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Erich Heckel

Reclining Nude (Model), 1916


Blatt (ganzer Bogen)
568 x 775 mm
Druckstock
428 x 263 mm
Physical Description
Colour woodcut from two printing blocks on wove paper
Inventory Number
SG 3491
Object Number
SG 3491 D
Acquisition
Acquired in 1961
Status
Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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About the Work

On Christmas 1915, Heckel painted a Madonna on high tent squares for the collecting point for wounded soldiers in Ostende. According to a local legend, the Virgin Mary rises from the waves of the sea. The following year, the artist cut the composition in wood. He had the woodcut printed in Bruges in an edition of thirteen and, with Ernst Morwitz (1887–1971), dedicated it to the symbolist painter James Ensor (1860–1949), a resident of Ostende whom the two men greatly admired.

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Last update

02.12.2024