Lot 103
  • 103

Erich Heckel

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Erich Heckel
  • Kniendes Akte (D. H.181)
  • Woodcut
  • image: 300 by 400mm 11 7/8 by 15 3/4 in
  • sheet: 850 by 550mm 33 1/2 by 21 5/8 in
Woodcut, 1910, on yellow wove paper folded in two, the cover of the fifth annual Brücke portfolio, this issue featured Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, framed

Condition

The print is in good condition, a short tear at centre of lower margin has been backed, two further short tears at right sheet edge, the sheet is splitting at the fold and has been reinforced with two bands of white tape at left and right (not visible when framed), three creases at upper right margin, soft handling creases and occasional staining in the margins and unprinted back cover are consistent with the practical purpose of the portfolio cover, the back cover with four bands of tape (at upper corners and centre of side sheet edges), other minor imperfections, framed.
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