This watercolour is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist "Heckel 48" [1948] in the lower right image.
It is also hand titled in pencil “Gelbe Blüten” [Yellow Flowers] in the lower right image.
There is an abandoned sketch of a male nude in a landscape which has been white-washed, verso.

Note: Renate Ebner, the archive’s expert suggests due to a shortage of paper the artist repurposed the sheet for the still life. The male nude appears to be related to a wall hanging (originally on fabric) from the artist’s Berlin studio.

Provenance:
Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf.
Galerie Heuser, Düsseldorf,1980.
Private Collection North Rhine Westphalia.
This watercolour is recorded in the archive of the Erich-Heckel-Stiftung, Hemmenhofen.

Condition: Very good condition. A very small, but skilfully repaired tear in the upper left corner. The sheet is slightly toned along the right edge. Remnants of hinging tape in the corners, verso.