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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Lot 122000281

Lesender Mann, 1922

Woodcut

11.1 x 7.8 in (28.2 x 19.8 cm)

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Lot 122000281

Lesender Mann, 1922

Woodcut

11.1 x 7.8 in (28.2 x 19.8 cm)

Estimate:

€ 100 - 200

Auction: tomorrow

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich

Auction: May 15, 2024 03:43 PM

Auction number: 22

Auction name: Online Only

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Lot Details

Woodcut.
Schapire 274. Verso typographically inscribed. On off-white paper. 28.2 x 19.8 cm. Sheet: 35,4 x 26,3 cm.
Printed from the block in "Genius", issue II, 1922. Block destroyed. [JS].
- Self-portrait of the artist reading a work by Afred Brust (1891-1942). - Contact between Schmidt-Rottluff and the writer, who is hardly known today, has been documented since 1916 .
LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 400, SHG no. 697 (illu., p. 414). Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 118, SHG no. 266 (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)

Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 6032)

In good condition. Left edge of sheet with the remains of glue from the binding of the "Genius". A horizontal crease running through the center of the right margin. Slightly browned.

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Provenance

Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 6032)

Condition

In good condition. Left edge of sheet with the remains of glue from the binding of the "Genius". A horizontal crease running through the center of the right margin. Slightly browned.