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Erich Heckel
The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde with woodcuts by E. Heckel1907

Not on view
Woodcut book cover on gray-tan paper with teal rectangle, bold black lettering in German, and two silhouetted flanking figures; signed in ink below
Woodcut print on teal paper mounted on gray board; black block lettering in German reads 'Die Ballade vom Zuchthaus zu Reading von Oskar Wilde mit Holzschnitten von E. Heckel,' flanked by two schematically rendered standing figures at left and right margins.
Artist or Maker
Erich Heckel
Title
The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde with woodcuts by E. Heckel
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1907
Medium
Woodcut on handmade paper
Dimensions
Image: 3 7/16 x 5 13/16 in. (8.73 x 14.76 cm); Sheet: 5 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (13.34 x 18.42 cm); Second support: 15 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (40 x 23.5 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.87L
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography
  • Dübe, Annemarie and Wolf-Dieter Dübe. Erich Heckel: das graphische Werk. New York: E. Rathenau, 1964.

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

  • Reed, Orrel P., German expressionist art: the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection: prints, drawings, illustrated books, periodicals, posters. Exhibition Catalogue. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977.

  • Thiem, Gunther. Prints by Erich Heckel and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: A Centenary Celebration. Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Los Angeles, 1985.

  • Chipp, Herschel B. and Karin Breuer. The Human Image in German Expressionist Graphic Art From the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation. Berkeley: University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1981.