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Crouching Nude, Erich Heckel — Crouching Nude, 1914
Erich Heckel
Woodcut on Japan paper
The Mr. and Mrs. Hall James Peterson Fund P.69.140
Not on View
One of the leading German Expressionist artists, Erich Heckel championed the reinvigoration of German art by a return to the woodcut, a medium associated with both medieval German art and the primal energies of tribal art. Here Heckel portrays his future wife, Sidi Riha, with downcast eyes, full of melancholic, brooding emotion. Sidi was a dancer and seems to have been well aware of the power of gesture.

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Title: Crouching Nude
Dated: 1914
Artist: Erich Heckel
Nationality: German
Artist Life: 1883 - 1970
Role: Artist
Gallery: Not on View
Department: European Art
Dimension: 16 1/2 x 12 in. (41.91 x 30.48 cm) (image)28 x 22 in. (71.12 x 55.88 cm) (sheet)
Credit: The Mr. and Mrs. Hall James Peterson Fund
Accession Number: P.69.140
Medium: Woodcut on Japan paper
Country: Germany
Century: 20th century
Provenance: Hans Fetscherin, Munich, Germany; sold to MIA, 1969.
Rights: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
In Copyright
Classification: Prints
Object Name: Print
Catalogue Raisonne: Dube 263 II A
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