Cover for Graphik der Gegenwart. Band I. Erich Heckel (Graphics of Today. Volume I. Erich Heckel)

1930, published 1931

Erich Heckel

Associated Names
Erich Heckel

Artist, German, 1883 - 1970

Poeschel & Trepte, Leipzig

Printer

Euphorion Verlag

Publisher

This is a painting of a book cover design by Erich Heckel. The image features a bold graphic design split into two vertical sections, with the left half in a solid blue background and the right half in black. On the blue side, the text reads "GRAPHIK DER GEGENWART BAND 1," while on the black side, a stylized, abstract face composed of fine lines is visible alongside the name "ERICH HECKEL". The bottom section also includes the text "EUPHORION VERLAG BERLIN".
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, printed in blue and black, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lila Oliver Asher

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut within platemark): 23.8 x 15.7 cm (9 3/8 x 6 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.165.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1965, Vol. I, no. 348

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lila Oliver Asher; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2024

  • The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2024.

Bibliography

1964

  • Dube, Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dube. Erich Heckel; das graphische Werke. 2 vols. New York: Ernest Rathenau, 1964, 1965.

Inscriptions

upper right in image: GRAPHIK DER / GEGENWART / BAND1; center of image: ERICHHECKEL; lower center in image: EUPHORIONVERLAG / BERLIN; by later hand, across bottom edge in graphite: D348; 59-66-1; $25-

Wikidata ID

Q76338993

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