Erich Heckel — Handzeichnungen

New York; Berlin, Ernest Rathenau; Vormals Euphorion Verlag, 1973. Cloth. A richly illustrated reflection on the work of German painter Erich Heckel, in lovely condition, with slipcase. A lovely copy, in the original German, cataloguing a great number of artworks by German painter and print-maker Erich Heckel.A limited edition - this copy being one of only 600 printed.Heckel was a renowned artist, and founding member of the expressionist art group Die Brucke, which was formed in 1905 and dissolved in 1913.His work featured at the art competitions of the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics.Bound in original bright yellow pictorial boards, and featuring the uncommon original slipcase.This densely illustrated work features one hundred and thirty-three illustrations, printed across one hundred and twenty-two single-sided monochrome plates.Collated, complete. Bound in original yellow cloth. Externally, in lovely condition. In original stapled slipcase. Slipcase smart, with mild shelf wear. Small tide mark to bottom slipcase edge. The odd minor mark to slipcase. Small graze to slipcase reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. The odd very light spot to text block fore edge. Near Fine . Ill.: Erich Heckel; Kurt Badt [foreword]; Siddi; Ernest Rathenau [ed]. Near Fine .