Neapolitan Singer (Neapolitanische Sängerin)
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Object Label
Erich Heckel, Max Pechstein (see work on view nearby), and the other artists of Die Brücke (The Bridge), an early German Expressionist group founded in 1905, were fascinated by the decadent culture of urban nightclubs and cabarets, a theme that had roots in works by nineteenth-century artists including Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Here, Heckel experimented with raw lines and lurid, contrasting colors that convey a sense of overstimulation and anxiety.
Caption
Erich Heckel German, 1883–1970. Neapolitan Singer (Neapolitanische Sängerin), 1909. Lithograph in black ink and relief print in red and green ink on wove paper, image (uneven): 7 1/4 × 6 1/16 in. (18.4 × 15.4 cm) sheet: 16 5/8 x 11 5/8 in. (42.2 x 29.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 38.126. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.126_PS2.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Neapolitan Singer (Neapolitanische Sängerin)
Date
1909
Geography
Place made: Germany
Medium
Lithograph in black ink and relief print in red and green ink on wove paper
Classification
Dimensions
image (uneven): 7 1/4 × 6 1/16 in. (18.4 × 15.4 cm) sheet: 16 5/8 x 11 5/8 in. (42.2 x 29.5 cm)
Signatures
Signed, "Erich Heckel, 1909" at lower right in pencil
Inscriptions
Lower left in graphite: "Erich Heckel 1909"
Credit Line
By exchange
Accession Number
38.126
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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