Lithograph.
Dube L 232. Ebner/Gabelmann 691 L I (of II). Signed, dated "Gent 1916" and titled. One of the hand-made prints from before the edition published by Paul Cassirer, Berlin 1920. On wove paper. 32.5 x 27 cm. Sheet: 51,5 x 39,5 cm.
The painting "Irrer Soldat" (1916, Hünecke 1916-2) with almost the same motif is in the Brücke-Museum, Berlin. [JS].
- Striking war document in which Heckel addresses the terrors of the war and his experience as a paramedic. - One of the rare hand-made prints from the first state before the plate was narrowed for the edition published by Paul Cassirer, Berlin, in 1920. - Made in Gent during WW I, where Heckel served as paramedic from March 4 to August 3, 1916. - Heckel used two lithography stones that he had found in an abandoned house. - To date only one other hand-made print from the first state was offered on the international auction market (www.artprice.com).
LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 299, SHG no. 451 (fig.). Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 209, SHG no. 471 (fig.).