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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Lot 121002669

Landschaft im Mondschein, 1927

Woodcut

15.4 x 19.6 in (39.0 x 49.7 cm)

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Lot 121002669

Landschaft im Mondschein, 1927

Woodcut

15.4 x 19.6 in (39.0 x 49.7 cm)

Estimate:

€ 1,500 - 2,000

Auction: tomorrow

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich

Auction: May 15, 2024 03:03 PM

Auction number: 22

Auction name: Online Only

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Lot Details

Woodcut. Signed. With teh stamp Verbindung zur Förderung deutscher Kunst, vormals Verbindung für historische Kunst". On wove paper. 39 x 49.7 cm. Sheet: 53,6 x 69,8 cm.
[CH].
- Once part of the art collection of the cigarette manufacturer Heinrich Neuerburg (company "Haus Neuerburg" in Cologne from 1921), which mainly comprised prints from the late 19th and early 20th century, including works by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Erich Heckel and Max Pechstein. - Depictions of landscapes in moonlight have been one of the defining motifs of Schmidt-Rottluff's oeuvre since the "Brücke" years. - Several copies of this woodcut are in museum collections like the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, the Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, and the Kulturhistorisches Museum, Rostock.
LITERATURE: Ernest Rathenau, Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff. Das graphische Werk seit 1923, New York 1964, no. H 30. Gerhart Söhn, Handbuch der Original-Graphik in deutschen Zeitschriften, Mappenwerken, Kunstbüchern und Katalogen, vol. VII, Düsseldorf 1998, no. 731-2. - - Sotheby's, London, Old Masters, Modern and Contemporary Prints, October 20, 2000, lot 324. Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 111, SHG no. 249 (illu.).

Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001). Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017). Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022)

Heinrich Neuerburg Collection(1883-1956), Cologne (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 1344a). Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032, acquired in 2000)

Fine impression. Overall minimally browned, with minimal mount staining, a bit more obvious in the upper margin.

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Object description

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Provenance

Heinrich Neuerburg Collection(1883-1956), Cologne (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 1344a). Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032, acquired in 2000)

Condition

Fine impression. Overall minimally browned, with minimal mount staining, a bit more obvious in the upper margin.