Siblings, 1913

ArtistErich Heckel, Döbeln 1883–1970 Radolfzell

Woodcut

Sheet dimensions61 × 49,5 cm

Image dimensions41,5 × 30,6 cm

Status

not on display

About the workDespite the essentialised and therefore generalised rendering of people and objects that is typical of early twentieth-century woodcuts, there appears to be a likeness between the siblings depicted. Like a ventriloquist’s dummy, the younger brother sits on the lap of the elder, looking sideways out of the image. Erich Heckel had a brother and a sister who were both older than him. It is not known whether this is a self-portrait of the artist, snug in his brother’s arms.

AccessionAcquisition 1951

Provenance[...]; o.D. Edmund Hermann Georg Körner (Leschwitz, Kreis Görlitz 2.12.1874 - 14.2.1940 Essen); vermutl. 1940 Edith Waltke, Nichte von Körner, Rahden in Westfalen, erworben im Erbgang; 1951 angekauft von Edith Waltke

Inventory numberK 1951-455

Contact

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