id:			287250
accession number:	2016.598
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.598
updated:		2023-08-24 01:15:21.986000

Man on a Plain (Self-portrait) (Mann in der Ebene [Selbstbildnis]), 1917. Erich Heckel (German, 1883–1970). Woodcut on wove paper; image: 37.8 x 28.3 cm (14 7/8 x 11 1/8 in.); sheet: 70 x 55.9 cm (27 9/16 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Davis in memory of Harvey Buchanan and Penelope Draper Buchanan 2016.598 © Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

title:				Man on a Plain (Self-portrait) (Mann in der Ebene [Selbstbildnis])
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series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1917
creation date earliest:		1917
creation date latest:		1917
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Davis in memory of Harvey Buchanan and Penelope Draper Buchanan
copyright:			© Artists Right Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	Germany
technique:	woodcut on wove paper
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Woodcut
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Dube 305, state II/II [state IIA, outside the edition of 40]

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CREATORS

* Erich Heckel (German, 1883–1970)  - artist
German painter and printmaker, 1883-1970
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measurements: Image: 37.8 x 28.3 cm (14 7/8 x 11 1/8 in.); Sheet: 70 x 55.9 cm (27 9/16 x 22 in.)
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edition of the work: 	Proof before the edition of 40 published in Eleven Woodcuts, 1912–1919 (Elf Holzschnitte, 1912–1919)

support materials:


inscriptions:

	inscription:	Recto: lower right margin, in graphite: Erich Heckel 17 [cursive; signature]; lower left corner, in graphite: Mann in der Ebene 1917 [cursive]; lower center, in graphite: 2 [between two arrows, pointing away from the number ‘2’] lower center edge, in graphite: image only [cursive]; Verso: Lower right, in graphite: Do not cut Print [cursive; underlined]; lower edge, in graphite: D-13252; lower edge, in graphite: 22 ¾ x 29 ¼;  lower edge, in graphite: 154-B; lower edge, in graphite: 252-a; lower edge, in graphite: 5-7 1-1 ½; lower edge, in graphite: For Pic [?; cursive]
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper
	opening date:   2018-01-14T05:00:00
	<i>Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 14-May 27, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:


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wall description:
Erich Heckel made this woodcut while he was working as a wartime ambulance driver in Ostend, Belgium; it portrays his own perception of the oppressiveness of war. Avoiding overt signs of the conflict, Heckel instead depicted himself on the verge of despair, his hands clasped to his head. The jagged lines of the sky relay the weight of the world. He used a gouged woodblock to create a landscape full of movement yet desolate, one that offers no escape from the suffering.
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