Landscape / Erich Heckel
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.101
- Title
- Landscape
- Artist
- Erich Heckel
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Artist Life Dates
- 1883-1970
- Medium and Support
- graphite and ink on thin paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1919
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Baltic countries (general region)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Baltic countries (general region)
- Style/Group/Movement
- German Expressionism / Die Brücke
- Inscription
- Paper is perforated along top edge.
- Signed and dated in pencil, lower right: Erich Heckel 1919
- Various words appear across surface of work, as if notes to artist...
- Dimensions
- 29.85 cm x 18.73 cm (11 3/4 in. x 7 3/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Primary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- Ink line drawing of a landscape; gently rolling hills, divided into plots, fill the bottom two-thirds. Brush and/or trees form borders between plots. On the horizon trees, a windmill, and possible buildlings appear. The sky is dotted with clouds.
- Subject Matter
- Rolling hills that appear divided into fields, with trees and a windmill on horizon; sky full of clouds. Likely a sketch done near the artist's summer home on the Baltic Sea.
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- settlements and landscapes
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3775 x 2548
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2007/2.101
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.101/2007_2_101.jpg
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"Landscape; Erich Heckel." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.101/2007_2_101.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
