Sonnenuntergang an der Förde. 1915.
Woodcut.
Signedand inscribed with the work number "1522". On wove paper. 29.9 x 36 cm (11.7 x 14.1 in). Sheet: x 38 cm (14,9 x 19,6 in).
Self-printed at Fritz Voigt, Berlin. [CH].

• Self-printed by the artist.
• Large sheet in the expressive, powerful formal language of the late "Brücke" period (1905-1913).
• With characteristically clear contours, angular forms, dynamic lines and an oversized, dark sun, Schmidt-Rottluff creates a particularly atmospheric scene.
• Schmidt-Rottluff's graphic depictions of Russian landscapes were probably first created in Berlin - based on memories of the Russian countryside, which the artist became acquainted with during the First World War.
• Instead of symbolic or direct references to war and destruction, he depicts a rural idyll that is only subtly undermined by the eerie and mysterious atmosphere.

PROVENANCE: Art dealer Ilse Schweinsteiger, Munich.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 6032, acquired from the above in 1987).

EXHIBITION: 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).
Expressiv! Die Künstler der Brücke. Die Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Albertina Vienna, June 1 - August 26, 2007, p. 88, cat. no. 43 (illu. on p. 89).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, no. 179 (illu. in plate vol.).
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Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 374, SHG no. 629 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 74, SHG no. 141 (illu.).

Large-format sheet in good condition. The upper right edge of the sheet irregular. Faint vertical crease in the right margin. Quite isolated tiny pinpoint adhesions and small handling creases outside the image. Slight surface fading in the upper corners of the sheet, probably due to an earlier mounting.