Die Brucke Exhibition Poster

1908

Erich Heckel German, 1883 - 1970

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About the Artwork

This poster was created by Heckel announcing an exhibition of the work of Die Briicke, a group formed in 1905 by four artists who had studied architecture together in Dresden: Heckel, Fritz Bleyl, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Later, they were joined by Emil Nolde and Otto Mueller. They exhibited together frequently between 1906 and 1911. This poster is prized not only as a rare document of a dynamic period in early art of the 1900s, but it demonstrates the expressive and bold visual power inherent in the woodcut medium where the image is carved into a block of wood which is inked then printed on paper.

Title Die Brucke Exhibition Poster

Artwork Date 1908

Artist Erich Heckel

Life Dates 1883 - 1970

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. German

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Woodcut printed in red ink on green paper mounted on canvas

Dimensions Image: 32 7/8 × 23 7/8 inches (83.5 × 60.6 cm) Sheet: 37 × 25 inches (94 × 63.5 cm) Framed: 41 1/8 × 31 1/8 × 1 1/2 inches (104.5 × 79.1 × 3.8 cm)

Classification Posters

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Drawing and Print Club Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 69.298

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Signed Signed on block, lower right: H In pencil, lower right: E Heckel

Inscriptions Inscribed on block as part of image, top center: KG Brucke | bei Emil Richter Lower right: Druck v Littmann Olbg. Dated, lower right: 1908

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1969-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Uhr, H. Masterpieces of German Expressionism at the Detroit Institute of Arts. New York, 1982, p. 78 (ill.).

Masterpieces from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., Bunkamura Museum of Art. Tokyo, 1989, cat. no. 106 (ill.).

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Erich Heckel, Die Brucke Exhibition Poster, 1908, woodcut printed in red ink on green paper mounted on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Drawing and Print Club Fund, 69.298.