Silberarmband mit Bügel und Kette. 1920s.
Silver, cut, chiselled, punched, margins bent, rhomboid bracelet with loop chains.
Wietek 451. With the signature stamp on the inside. Diameter: 6.6 cm (2.5 in).
[SM].
• Schmidt-Rottluff's pieces of jewelry were made with the same feel for material, craftmanship and color as his other works.
• The chiselling makes this piece particularly appealing.
• From the artist's rarest work group on the auction market (source: artprice.com).

PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg.

EXHIBITION: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff zum 70. Geburtstag, Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, 1954, cat. no. 215.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Das nachgelassene Werk seit den 20er Jahren. Malerei, Plastik, Kunsthandwerk, Brücke-Museum, Berlin, August 20, 1977 - January 15, 1978, cat. no. 164.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Aquarelle, Farbstiftzeichnungen, Schmuck, Kunstverein Paderborn 1982, cat. no. 24.
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).
Nur für ihre Frauen. Schmuck von Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff, Emil Nolde, Erich Heckel und Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Stiftung Moritzburg, Kunstmuseum des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle (Saale), October 26, 2003 - January 11, 2004, cat. no. 37.
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 407, SHG no. 718 (fig.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 109, SHG no. 242 (fig.).

In good condition. Silver somehat tarnished.