Landscape

Artist Erich Heckel German, 1883–1970

Date1921

MediumWatercolor and charcoal on paper

Dimensions18 x 22 7/8 in. (45.7 x 58.1 cm)
Frame: 29 x 37 1/4 in. (73.7 x 94.6 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineBequest of W. R. Valentiner

Object numberG.65.10.26

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceNierendorf Gallery (1937-1944), New York, after 1937; W. R. Valentiner, Detroit, by 1939 [1]; Valentiner Estate, Raleigh, NC, 1958 [2]; to NCMA, by bequest, 1965.

[1] See label
[2] L.58.12.73-VE "Landscape, 1921"

Published ReferencesMasterpieces of Art: In Memory of William R. Valentiner, 1880-1958 (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1959), cat. no. 147, illus. (b-w) 221, fig. 147. The Art Quarterly 26, no. 2 (Summer 1963), 275. North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 6, no. 4 and 7, no. 1 (1966/67?), listed 79, illus. (b-w) 66, fig. 31. A Catalogue of Drawings and Watercolors (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1969), cat. no. 40, illus. (b-w). "German Watercolors 1920-1932," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Summer 1989), mentioned 11. North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 17 (1997), listed and illus. (b-w) 92.

Exhibition History(possibly) Boston, MA, Institute of Modern Art, "Contemporary German Art," November-December 1939 (see label). Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix Fine Arts Association, "German Expressionist Prints and Paintings," February 9-March 7, 1953. (see label) Los Angeles, CA, University of Southern California, "Some German Expressionists," November 4-26, 1954. Beverly Hills, CA, Paul Kantor Gallery, “W. R. Valentiner Collection - German Expressionists,” 1956. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Masterpieces of Art: In Memory of William R. Valentiner, 1880-1958," April 6-May 17, 1959, cat. no. 147, illus. (b-w). Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Drawings and Watercolors," Summer 1969, cat. no. 40, illus. (b-w). Winston-Salem, NC, Wake Forest University, “German Expressionist Works,” February 15-March 15, 1979. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “German Works on Paper,” October 20, 1983-January 15, 1984. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “German Watercolors,” May 30-August 20, 1989.

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