id:			287250
accession number:	2016.598
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.598
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:50.641000

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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creation date:			1917
creation date earliest:		1917
creation date latest:		1917
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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)

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	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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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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