Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Bildnis Brust, 1918
Woodcut
Current bid:
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Lot description
Bildnis Brust. 1918.
Woodcut.
Signed and inscribed with the work number "188". On wove paper. 50.3 x 38.7 cm (19.8 x 15.2 in). Sheet: 71 x 53,3 cm (27,9 x 20,9 in).
The work is registered in the Hermann Gerlinger Collection with the number SHG 150a. [AR].
• Portrait of the expressionist writer Alfred Brust.
• Extremely rare.
• Well-known provenance alongside Hermann Gerlinger: Wilhelm Niemeyer published the important expressionist magazine "Kündung" together with Rosa Schapire, he was a passive member of "Brücke" and a former Schmidt-Rottluff collector.
PROVENANCE: Wilhelm Niemeyer Collection, Hamburg.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032, acquired from Bassenge in 2013).
EXHIBITION: Schmidt-Rottluff. Form, Farbe, Ausdruck!, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, September 29, 2018 - February 3, 2019, p. 221 (illu.).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (Dauerleihgabe aus der Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, 2017-2022).
LITERATURE: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, no. H 210 (illu. in black and white., plate vol.).
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Bassenge, Berlin, Moderne Kunst Teil I, auction 102, November 30, 2013, lot 8426.
In good condition. Slight handling marks and isolated, professionally smoothed creases. Small, backed marginal tears as well as two mended thinned spots to the sitter's neck that are barely perceptible.
Woodcut.
Signed and inscribed with the work number "188". On wove paper. 50.3 x 38.7 cm (19.8 x 15.2 in). Sheet: 71 x 53,3 cm (27,9 x 20,9 in).
The work is registered in the Hermann Gerlinger Collection with the number SHG 150a. [AR].
• Portrait of the expressionist writer Alfred Brust.
• Extremely rare.
• Well-known provenance alongside Hermann Gerlinger: Wilhelm Niemeyer published the important expressionist magazine "Kündung" together with Rosa Schapire, he was a passive member of "Brücke" and a former Schmidt-Rottluff collector.
PROVENANCE: Wilhelm Niemeyer Collection, Hamburg.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032, acquired from Bassenge in 2013).
EXHIBITION: Schmidt-Rottluff. Form, Farbe, Ausdruck!, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, September 29, 2018 - February 3, 2019, p. 221 (illu.).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (Dauerleihgabe aus der Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, 2017-2022).
LITERATURE: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, no. H 210 (illu. in black and white., plate vol.).
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Bassenge, Berlin, Moderne Kunst Teil I, auction 102, November 30, 2013, lot 8426.
In good condition. Slight handling marks and isolated, professionally smoothed creases. Small, backed marginal tears as well as two mended thinned spots to the sitter's neck that are barely perceptible.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Bildnis Brust, 1918
Woodcut
Starting bid:
€ 1,000 Estimate
€ 1,000End: 05-15-24 15:01:00 Berlin
05-15-24 09:01:00 New York
05-15-24 06:01:00 Los Angeles (17 days, 20h:27m)
05-15-24 09:01:00 New York
05-15-24 06:01:00 Los Angeles (17 days, 20h:27m)
After entering your maximum bid you will be able to check your entry and you will be provided with further information. Only after a further confirmation your bid will be binding.