kolkata christies london announced the sale of modern and contemporary prints at king street on wednesday 18 september 2013 the auction showcases an exciting array of works by some of the most established printmakers including erich heckel edvard munch pablo picasso andy warhol and giorgio morandi the sale will offer 203 lots and is expected to realise in the region of 4 million the prints season continues at christies south kensington on thursday 19 september with the sale of prints and multiples which will include important works by leading pop printmaker rb kitaj from the tony reichardt collection leading the modern and contemporary prints sale is an outstanding group of german expressionist prints all belonging to private collections including a veritable icon of the period erich heckels stehendes kind circa 19101911 estimate 100000150000 it is an unforgettable image and must have come as a shock to those who first saw it in 1911 both for the nudity and its sheer visual force says tim schmelcher head of the prints department king street the scene is pared down to its bare essentials and the printing process equally reduced heckel printed the woodcut from one block sawn into three parts which were then inked separately in black green and red before the block was reassembled and printed in a single pass through the press the result is a highly condensed image of a few simplified forms and intense contrasts of black and white red and green