The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 18, 2024
Stralsund
1912
(German, 1883–1970)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1989.12
© Artists Right Society (ARS), New York
Catalogue raisonné: Dube 243.II.a
Location: not on view
Description
This woodcut of Stralsund, Germany, is among Erich Heckel’s earliest cityscapes, and this impression, a proof, is among the first he made from the block. Like the cityscape by Schmidt-Rottluff (to the left), Heckel’s Stralsund displays mystical underpinnings, with its orderly streets and tall church spire pushing up toward heavenly rings of energy. The splintery contours and jagged planes create rhythm across the composition, while the singular human figure stands suspended within the city that lives and breathes with a life of its own.- Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 14-May 27, 2018).The Year in Review for 1989. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-April 15, 1990).
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