6 sheet Woodcut s. Each signe. Monogrammed in the printing block. Partly belatedly dated and titled. Each one of very few known copies (between 4 and 10). On different types of paper. Sheet dimensions up to: 37 x 21.5 cm.
Contains: Zwei Gestalten, Der Gefangene, Der Richter, Verbrecher, Singende, Kruzifix. Also included: Oscar Wilde “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” with twelve line etchings after woodcuts by Erich Heckel, Ernst Rathenau Verlag, New York 1963. With a personal dedication by Siddi Heckel. From an edition of 600 copies [EH/MH].
- Rare copies of the early woodcuts from 1907. - The woodblocks were destroyed during the Second World War. - Further prints from this series are in the Museum Folkwang, Essen, and the Rifkind Center, Los Angeles.
LITERATURE: Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube, Erich Heckel. Das graphische Werk, vol. 1: Holzschnitte, New York 1964, WVZ no. 122H, 123H, 124H, 125H, 126H, 131H. Renate Ebner, Andreas Gabelmann, Erich Heckel. Catalogue raisonné of prints, vol. 1: 1903-1913, Munich 2021, no. 152H, 153H, 154H, 155H, 156H, 161H. -- Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 417, SHG nos. 178, 179, 180 (illu.). Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 120, SHG no. 342- 348 (illu.).