Woodcut. Schapire 237. Signed and inscribed with the work number "193". One of at most 30 copies. On off-white machine-made laid paper (with truncated watermark "SLG"). 49.2 x 59.8 cm. Sheet: 63,2 x 78 cm. Printed by Fritz Voigt, Berlin. [JS]. - Large-size sheet in the expressive "Brücke" style. - Characteristic Schmidt-Rottluff landscape, in clearly contoured formal language and with the over-sized, radiant sun. - From Schmidt-Rottluff's important series of Russian landscapes. - Rare. After over 20 years, a print of this woodcut is being offered at the international auction market (artprice.com). LITERATURE: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, no. 237 (illu. in black and white, plate vol.). - - Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, auction 259, July 8, 1985, lot 1440 (illu. plate 189). Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p.348, SHG no. 665 (illu.). Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 84, SHG no. 176 (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) Expressiv! Die Künstler der Brücke. Die Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Albertina Vienna, June 1 - August 26, 2007, p. 98, cat. no. 53 (illu.)
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (since 1985: Hauswesell & Nolte, Hamburg, June 8, 1985, with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032)
Schmidt-Rottluff's "Russian Landscapes" were probably created in Berlin after memories of the Russian landscape, which the artist had become acquainted with during the First World War. However, there are no references to war and destruction in them; instead, they depict an almost idealized rural idyll. In the "Russian Landscapes", memories and current impressions of nature merge, as the artist absorbed them in the summer months of 1919 in, among other places, Hohwacht on the Bay of Lübeck. After the First World War, Schmidt-Rottluff's work is characterized by a spirit of optimism. [JS]
In good condition. Evenly and just slightly browned, somewhat more distinct in the wide margins. Upper and lower margin, as well as in the image with isolated slight traces of squeezing owing to the printing. Upper left edge of the sheet with a small, professionally closed tear. Verso of the upper edge with old traces of glue, minimally showing through to the recto in places and minimally stained.
Lot Details
Woodcut. Schapire 237. Signed and inscribed with the work number "193". One of at most 30 copies. On off-white machine-made laid paper (with truncated watermark "SLG"). 49.2 x 59.8 cm. Sheet: 63,2 x 78 cm. Printed by Fritz Voigt, Berlin. [JS]. - Large-size sheet in the expressive "Brücke" style. - Characteristic Schmidt-Rottluff landscape, in clearly contoured formal language and with the over-sized, radiant sun. - From Schmidt-Rottluff's important series of Russian landscapes. - Rare. After over 20 years, a print of this woodcut is being offered at the international auction market (artprice.com). LITERATURE: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, no. 237 (illu. in black and white, plate vol.). - - Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, auction 259, July 8, 1985, lot 1440 (illu. plate 189). Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p.348, SHG no. 665 (illu.). Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 84, SHG no. 176 (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) Expressiv! Die Künstler der Brücke. Die Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Albertina Vienna, June 1 - August 26, 2007, p. 98, cat. no. 53 (illu.)
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (since 1985: Hauswesell & Nolte, Hamburg, June 8, 1985, with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032)
Schmidt-Rottluff's "Russian Landscapes" were probably created in Berlin after memories of the Russian landscape, which the artist had become acquainted with during the First World War. However, there are no references to war and destruction in them; instead, they depict an almost idealized rural idyll. In the "Russian Landscapes", memories and current impressions of nature merge, as the artist absorbed them in the summer months of 1919 in, among other places, Hohwacht on the Bay of Lübeck. After the First World War, Schmidt-Rottluff's work is characterized by a spirit of optimism. [JS]
In good condition. Evenly and just slightly browned, somewhat more distinct in the wide margins. Upper and lower margin, as well as in the image with isolated slight traces of squeezing owing to the printing. Upper left edge of the sheet with a small, professionally closed tear. Verso of the upper edge with old traces of glue, minimally showing through to the recto in places and minimally stained.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff 
