Two Figures by the Sea

1920

Erich Heckel

Associated Names
Erich Heckel

Artist, German, 1883 - 1970

The image depicts two stylized figures standing side by side. Their forms are elongated and abstract, with minimalistic facial features. They are surrounded by an abstract, geometric background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    block: 17.9 x 13.5 cm (7 1/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 25 x 19 cm (9 13/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.57.13

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1965, Vol. (W), no. 326, State B

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York); Mrs. Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (variant of Lugt 4740), purchased March, 1969; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • German Expressionist Prints from the Collection of Ruth and Jacob Kainen, NGA, 1985, no. 37.

Bibliography

1964

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

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Erich Heckel 20.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: MXX

Wikidata ID

Q76339007

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