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Watercolor over carpenter's pencil. Lower left signd and dated. Verso titled. On creme machine-made laid paper. 39.5 x 49.2 cm. , size of sheet. [JS].
• The vibrant brushstrokes lent the sharp contours a rich luminosity. • The expressive heath landscape is reminiscent of the 1921 painting "Frau im Wald" (Woman in the Forest) today at the Museum Buchheim in Bernried. • Watercolors play a significant role in Schmidt-Rottluff's work, from the years of the “Brücke” to his last creative period in the 1970s. • Confiscated in 1937 as part of the “Degenerate Art” campaign. • In family ownership for over 60 years. The watercolor is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation in Berlin. LITERATURE: www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/db_entart_kunst/datenbank (EK-Nr. 11530). Kunsthaus Lempertz, Köln, 461. Auktion, 31. Mai 1960, Los 372.
Kunstausstellung Kühl, Dresden (until 1930). Museum Behnhaus, Lübeck (obtained from the above in exchange for another sheet by the artist in 1930, until 1937). State ownership (confiscated from the above in 1937 in the course of the “Degenerate Art” campaign, collection number 11530). Hildebrand Gurlitt, Hamburg (acquired from the above in 1940). Bertram Burger Collection, Heidelberg (since 1960: Lempertz). Since then in family ownership
Der starke, fast strenge zeichnerische Duktus in den Aquarellen von Karl Schmidt-Rottluff ist von den Anfängen bis in die späten Schaffensjahre werkbestimmend. In seinen Kompositionen ist alles Dynamik. Eine Zeichnung, die der Komposition die Richtung vorgibt, ist - wie in der vorliegenden frühen Arbeit - das Gerüst für den farbigen Aufbau des Werkes. Die kräftigen Pinsellagen des Aquarells erfüllen die scharfe Kontur mit leuchtender Farbigkeit, in der Schmidt-Rottluff die expressive Heidelandschaft vor uns ausbreitet. Die in flächigem Blau gehaltene Figur und das Formenrepertoire der Landschaft erinnern an Schmidt-Rottluffs ein Jahr zuvor entstandenes Aquarell "Frau im Wald", das sich heute in der Sammlung des Buchheim Museums in Bernried befindet (vgl. Christiane Remm, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Aquarelle, Berlin 2011, S. 34, Abb. 23). [JS]
Clean, in good condition and with fresh colors. With two tiny splits, one at top of the edge and one in right edge (up to max. 1 cm), only visible in sided light. Minimally discolored. With skilfully mended paper skinning on verso of lower rigth in orange, recto not visible.
Lot Details
Watercolor over carpenter's pencil. Lower left signd and dated. Verso titled. On creme machine-made laid paper. 39.5 x 49.2 cm. , size of sheet. [JS].
• The vibrant brushstrokes lent the sharp contours a rich luminosity. • The expressive heath landscape is reminiscent of the 1921 painting "Frau im Wald" (Woman in the Forest) today at the Museum Buchheim in Bernried. • Watercolors play a significant role in Schmidt-Rottluff's work, from the years of the “Brücke” to his last creative period in the 1970s. • Confiscated in 1937 as part of the “Degenerate Art” campaign. • In family ownership for over 60 years. The watercolor is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation in Berlin. LITERATURE: www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/db_entart_kunst/datenbank (EK-Nr. 11530). Kunsthaus Lempertz, Köln, 461. Auktion, 31. Mai 1960, Los 372.
Kunstausstellung Kühl, Dresden (until 1930). Museum Behnhaus, Lübeck (obtained from the above in exchange for another sheet by the artist in 1930, until 1937). State ownership (confiscated from the above in 1937 in the course of the “Degenerate Art” campaign, collection number 11530). Hildebrand Gurlitt, Hamburg (acquired from the above in 1940). Bertram Burger Collection, Heidelberg (since 1960: Lempertz). Since then in family ownership
Der starke, fast strenge zeichnerische Duktus in den Aquarellen von Karl Schmidt-Rottluff ist von den Anfängen bis in die späten Schaffensjahre werkbestimmend. In seinen Kompositionen ist alles Dynamik. Eine Zeichnung, die der Komposition die Richtung vorgibt, ist - wie in der vorliegenden frühen Arbeit - das Gerüst für den farbigen Aufbau des Werkes. Die kräftigen Pinsellagen des Aquarells erfüllen die scharfe Kontur mit leuchtender Farbigkeit, in der Schmidt-Rottluff die expressive Heidelandschaft vor uns ausbreitet. Die in flächigem Blau gehaltene Figur und das Formenrepertoire der Landschaft erinnern an Schmidt-Rottluffs ein Jahr zuvor entstandenes Aquarell "Frau im Wald", das sich heute in der Sammlung des Buchheim Museums in Bernried befindet (vgl. Christiane Remm, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Aquarelle, Berlin 2011, S. 34, Abb. 23). [JS]
Clean, in good condition and with fresh colors. With two tiny splits, one at top of the edge and one in right edge (up to max. 1 cm), only visible in sided light. Minimally discolored. With skilfully mended paper skinning on verso of lower rigth in orange, recto not visible.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff 
