Standing Nude
On View In:
Gallery 344
Artist:   Erich Heckel  
Title:   Standing Nude  
Date:   1912  
Medium:   Woodcut  
Dimensions:   21 x 7 3/8 in. (53.34 x 18.73 cm) (image, greatest dimension) 29 x 22 1/8 in. (73.66 x 56.2 cm) (sheet)  
Credit Line:   The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966  
Location:   Gallery 344  

German Expressionism is often characterized with the term angst-fear, anxiety, anguish. But the Expressionists also captured joy and pleasure as is seen in this portrayal of curvaceous young woman fixing her hair during an outing to one of the beautiful lakes nearby the city of Dresden.

Artist/Creator(s)     
Name:   Heckel, Erich  
Nationality:   German  
Life Dates:   German, 1883 - 1970  
 

Object Description  
  
Inscriptions:   Signature in pencil: [Erich Heckel]  
Classification:   Prints  
Creation Place:   Europe, Germany, , ,  
Accession #:   P.13,822  
Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts