Heckel, Erich 1884 Döbeln - 1970 Radolfzell "Schlafende" (Sleeping female). 1922. Gouache over pencil drawing on vellum. 43.5 x 36.5cm. Signed and dated lower right: Erich Heckel 1922. Titled below. Above it cat. rais. no. 446. Framed.Verso an ink drawing of bathers on the beach. Signed lower right: E Heckel. The sheet is recorded in the artist's estate. We are grateful to the Erich Heckel Estate, Hemmenhofen, for the kind support. The woman portrayed here is the artist's wife, Milda Frieda Georgi. The bathers on the verso were probably drawn in 1912 on the island Hiddensee. Cf. lithograph "Am Zelt" from 1912, cat. rais. Dube, cat. rais. no. L 181. Provenance:- Corporate collection Germany Exhibitions:- Düsseldorfer Kaufleute sammeln moderne Kunst, Düsseldorf 1956 - Kunstmuseum Duisburg 1957, no. 97. Modern ArtErich Heckel Germany Modern and Post-War Art Modern Art 1920s Figure / Figures Works on paper Gouache Woman