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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Lot 205

Bäuerin mit Kuh (Holzstock & Holzschnitt), 1922

Woodcut

19.7 x 12.2 in (50.0 x 30.9 cm)

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Lot 205

Bäuerin mit Kuh (Holzstock & Holzschnitt), 1922

Woodcut

19.7 x 12.2 in (50.0 x 30.9 cm)

Estimate:

€ 12,000 - 15,000

Auction: 22 days

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich

Auction: Dec 07, 2024

Auction number: 563

Auction name: Modern Art Day Sale

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Lot Details

Woodcut and the respective woodblock (spruce). The woodcut is signed and bears the work number. The woodblock is also inscribed with the work number on the reverse. The woodcut is executed on Japanese paper. 50 x 30.9 cm. Sheet: 56 x 46 cm.
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• The majority of the woodblocks are held by the Brücke-Museum in Berlin.
• Important historical document illustrating the creative process
• Copies of the woodcut are extremely rare on the international art market (source: artprice.com).
LITERATURE: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, cat. rais. no. 271 (illustrated in b/w, plate volume). - - Magdalena M. Moeller (ed.), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Die Holzstöcke, Berlin 2011 (general information on Schmidt-Rottluff's woodblocks).

The artist's studio. The collection of Dr. Victor and Hedda Peters, Leipzig (obtained directly from the artist). Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (obtained from the above in 1989).

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The artist's studio. The collection of Dr. Victor and Hedda Peters, Leipzig (obtained directly from the artist). Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (obtained from the above in 1989).