Bäume im Winter. 1905 (oder früher).
Woodcut.
Not in Schapire. Gerlinger H 05-7. Monogrammed. Once moe monogrammed in the printing block. On Japon. 11.8 x 16 cm (4.6 x 6.2 in). Sheet: 22,5 x 28,2 cm (8,8 x 11,1 in).
Later print for the Edition Griffelkunst, Hamburg 1975. [AM].
• Schmidt-Rottluff's intensive examination of Japanese calligraphy becomes particularly obvious in this woodcut.
• Subtly abstract depiction with a strong expressiveness.
• Schmidt-Rottluff attains a particularly atmospheric effect through the masterly reduced forms.

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)
Schmidt-Rottluff. Form, Farbe, Ausdruck, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, September 29 2018 - February 3, 2019, p. 104 (with illu.).

LITERATURE: Lieselotte Kruglewsky-Anders (ed.), 50 Jahre Griffelkunst-Vereinigung, Hamburg 1977, p. 172.
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 91, SHG no. 22 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 27, SHG no. 26 (with illu.).