Resting woman, 1911

ArtistErich Heckel, Döbeln 1883–1970 Radolfzell

Watercolour

Sheet dimensions26,2 × 33,5 cm

Status

on display, room 018.4

About the workIn 1905, Erich Heckel was one of the founding members of the artists’ group Die Brücke. He moved from Dresden to Berlin in 1911, where he produced numerous depictions of reclining women, which became characteristic of his oeuvre until the First World War. In his attic studio in Berlin, his future wife Milda Frieda, a dancer who called herself Siddi, served as his subject. She is often placed close to the viewer. A nude figure can be seen on the right behind the reclining woman, revealing the colourful decoration of Heckel’s live-in studio.

AccessionAcquisition 1950

Provenance[...]; 9.11.1950 angekauft von Hellmut Klihm, München

Inventory numberK 1950-70

Expressionism
Modernism
Genre
Portraits
Die Brücke

Contact

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