As of Nov 13, 2024

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Lot 203
Katze (Holzstock), 1915
Wood

11.4 x 14.3 in (29.0 x 36.2 cm)

Lot 203
Katze (Holzstock), 1915
Wood
11.4 x 14.3 in (29.0 x 36.2 cm)

Estimate:
€ 15,000 - 20,000
Auction: 15 days

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich
Auction: Dec 07, 2024
Auction number: 563
Auction name: Modern Art Day Sale

Lot Details
Wood (spruce). With the work number on the reverse. 29 x 36.2 cm.

• Karl Schmidt-Rottluff left the grain of the wood visible in the subject.
• In 1915, the artist carved another block with 2 cats (Brücke Museum inventory no. 214/75).
• No print from this block has been offered on the international art market in the last 28 years (source: artprice.com)
• A proof from this block is in the Städel Museum in Frankfurt.
LITERATURE: Cf.: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, catalogue raisonné no. 181 (illustrated in b/w, plate volume). Magdalena M.Moeller (ed.), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Die Holzstöcke, Berlin 2011. (General information on Schmidt-Rottluff's woodblocks).
Atelier des Künstlers. Sammlung Dr. Victor und Hedda Peters, Leipzig (direkt vom Künstler erhalten). Privatsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (1989 vom Vorgenannten erhalten)
Lot Details
Wood (spruce). With the work number on the reverse. 29 x 36.2 cm.

• Karl Schmidt-Rottluff left the grain of the wood visible in the subject.
• In 1915, the artist carved another block with 2 cats (Brücke Museum inventory no. 214/75).
• No print from this block has been offered on the international art market in the last 28 years (source: artprice.com)
• A proof from this block is in the Städel Museum in Frankfurt.
LITERATURE: Cf.: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, catalogue raisonné no. 181 (illustrated in b/w, plate volume). Magdalena M.Moeller (ed.), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Die Holzstöcke, Berlin 2011. (General information on Schmidt-Rottluff's woodblocks).
Atelier des Künstlers. Sammlung Dr. Victor und Hedda Peters, Leipzig (direkt vom Künstler erhalten). Privatsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (1989 vom Vorgenannten erhalten)

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