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Gerader Kanal (Straight Canal)

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Gerader Kanal (Straight Canal)
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ArtistGerman, 1883–1970
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Gerader Kanal (Straight Canal)
Date1915
MediumWoodcut on paper, state III/III
DimensionsBlock: 14 3/8 × 10 3/8 in. (36.5 × 26.4 cm)
 Sheet: 26 5/16 × 18 1/8 in. (66.8 × 46 cm)
 Frame: 31 5/8 × 25 11/16 × 1 3/16 in. (80.3 × 65.2 × 3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Craig S. Calvert
Object number2025.407
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, 1915; Heinrich Nuerberg, Munich (Lugt 1344a); [Susan Schulman Fine Art, Inc., New York, NY, to 2013]; Dr. and Mrs. Craig S. Calvert, 2013-2025; given to MFAH, 2025.
Exhibition History"In Opposition: German Expressionist Printmaking" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, March 13-Sept. 8, 2025 [Seventh Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Published References none for this impression Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed and dated in graphite, below block, left bottom edge: Ostende[?] 15
Recto: Signed in graphite, below block, right bottom edge: Erich Heckel [cursive]
Verso: [inaccessible]
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Catalogue raisonnéSchapire H3; Wietek 65

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