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Tannen an der Steilküste. 1963.
Colored chalk, watercolor and India ink.
Lower right signed. On firm Ingres laid paper (with watermark). 40 x 54 cm (15.7 x 21.2 in), the full sheet.
[KT].
The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (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, p. 430, SHG no. 779 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 132, SHG no. 301 (with illu.).
In good condition, with strong colors. Right edge with a single unobtrusive handling mark, lower right corner also with a small, barely visible creasing. Outer right margin with a tiny split (3 mm).
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