Hockender (Crouching Figure)

1907

Erich Heckel

Associated Names
Erich Heckel

Artist, German, 1883 - 1970

The image shows sharp, angular shapes and bold, jagged lines creating an abstract scene. In the foreground, there is a central form resembling a figure with elongated limbs. To the left, there is an abstract shape resembling an animal. The background is filled with vertical lines resembling a forest of tall trees or a textured wall. The composition is rendered in stark black and white, enhancing the abstraction and contrast of the shapes within.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on heavy blue-gray laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.2 x 15.1 cm (7 15/16 x 5 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.7 x 22.3 cm (14 1/16 x 8 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1987.66.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dube 1965, Vol. (W), no. 132, State only

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1959

  • Galleria Henze, Katalog 40, no.15.

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: E Heckel 07; lower left in plate: H; lower left in graphite: 6 Hockender Holzsch[nitt]; lower right in graphite: R 21774

Watermarks

(unidentified)

Wikidata ID

Q74877320

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