Art (1900-1945) > Expressionism Karl Schmidt-Rottluff - Biography
Zwei Bauern mit Wagen. 1924.
Drypoint.
Rathenau addenda R 68. Signed and inscribed with the work number "2324". On Japon. 33.1 x 41.5 cm (13 x 16.3 in). Sheet: 45 x 57 cm (17,7 x 22,4 in).
. [EH].
• Very rare.
• Made in Jershöft during Schmidt-Rottluff's summer stay in Eastern Pommerania.
• For the first time offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
PROVENANCE: Herrmann Gerlinger Collection (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).
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).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).
LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, pp. 405f., SHG no. 714 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 105, SHG no. 228 (with illu.).
Good overall impression. Margins irregular. Sheet slightly unevenly discolored. With faint brownish spots scattered across the entire sheet (diameter 2 - 15 mm). The image is not impaired by the faint spots.
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