Two people outdoors

Heckel, Erich
Two people outdoors

1909/10
Oil on canvas
80.5 : 69.5 cm
Monogrammed and dated lower right ‘EH 09’, verso signed and dated ‘Erich Heckel 1909’ and signed, dated and inscribed on the stretcher ‘Heckel Zwei Menschen im Freien 1909′; numbered by hand ’16’ and ‘221’

Provenienz:
– Estate of the artist (until 1965)
– Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione (acquired directly from the artist in 1965)
– Galleria Henze, Campione (1983)
– Private collection, Italy (1984)

Catalogue raisonnée:
– Andreas Hüneke: Erich Heckel. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Wandbilder und Skulpturen, vol. I: 1904-1918, Potsdam, 2017, p. 111, WVZ-Nr. 1910-42 (ill.)
– Paul Vogt: Erich Heckel, Recklinghausen, 1965, p. 1909, WVZ-Nr. 1909-14 (ill.)

Literature:
– Robert Norman Ketterer: Moderne Kunst VI, Campione, 1969, no. 22
– Leopold Reidemeister: Brücke-Archiv Heft 4: Erich Heckel zum Dank und Gedenken, Berlin, 1970, p. 18
– Anton Henze: Erich Heckel, Stuttgart/Zürich, 1983, p. 4, no. 2 (ill.)
– Jill Lloyd: German Expressionism: Primitivism and Modernity, New Haven/London, 1991, p. 112, no. 143 (ill.)

Exhibitions:
– Erich Heckel: Werke der Brückezeit 1907-1917: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik, Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, September – October 1957, no. 16
– Erich Heckel: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Campione, Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, February – April 1966 / Hannover, Kunstverein Hannover, May – June 1966, p. 70, no. 63, ill. p. 71
– Moderne Kunst VI, Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d’Italia, 1969, no. 22
– Erich Heckel, Campione, Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, 1970, p. 20, no. 2, ill. p. 21
– Künstler der Brücke an den Moritzburger Seen 1909-1911: Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Max Pechstein, Berlin, Brücke-Museum, October – December 1970, p. 16, no. 34, ill. p. 17
– Erich Heckel zum 90. Geburtstag: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik, Campione, Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, 1973, p. 11, no. 2, ill. p. 10
– Erich Heckel, Galleria Henze, Campione d’Italia, 1983, no. 2
– Erich Heckel: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Graphik, Essen, Museum Folkwang, September – November 1983 / Munich, Haus der Kunst, December 1983 – February 1984, p. 97, no. 16 (ill.)
– XLII Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte, Venice, La Biennale di Venezia, Palazzo Grassi, June – September 1986, p. 159, no. 769
– Figures du Moderne: L’ Expressionnisme en Allemagne, 1905 à 1914, Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, November 1992 – March 1993, p. 369, no. 3, ill. p. 78 (titled Deux Personnages dans la nature)
– Künstler der Brücke in Moritzburg, Zeitz, Museum Schloss Moritzburg, July – October 1995, p. 126 and 247, no. 37, ill. p. 127
– The Romantic Spirit in German Art: 1790-1990, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, July – September 1994 / London, Hayward Gallery, September 1994 – January 1995, no. 137, ill. p. 326
– Der Geist der Romantik in der deutschen Kunst 1790-1990, Munich, Haus der Kunst, February – May 1995, no. 212
– Paul Gauguin: Das verlorene Paradies, Essen, Museum Folkwang, June – October 1998 / Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, October 1998 – January 1999, no. E2
– Die Badenden: Mensch und Natur im deutschen Expressionismus, Bielefeld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, September – November 2000, no. 37 (ill.)
– Die Brücke in Dresden 1905-1911, Dresden, Galerie Neue Meister, October 2001 – January 2002, p. 410, no. 265, ill. p. 220
– Fantastico Novecento ad Arona: da Picasso a Kandinsky, Arona, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Villa Ponti, July – November 2003, p. 20 (ill.)
– Femme fatale: Il mito universale della donna nell’arte, da Modigliani a Warhol, Arona, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Villa Ponti, July – November 2004 (titled Due figure in libertà)
– Brücke: El nacimiento del expresionismo alemán, Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, February – May 2005 / Barcelona, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, June – September 2005, no. 157
– 100 Jahre Expressionismus, Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, June – August 2005, no. 166

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