In einem Atelier. 1905.
Woodcut.
Not in Schapire. Gerlinger H 05-12. Signed, dated and inscribed "In einem Atelier“. Monogrammed in the printing block. On laid paper. 30.7 x 15 cm (12 x 5.9 in). Sheet: 39,2 x 23,3 cm (15,4 x 9,2 in).
[AM].
• Very rare early woodcut by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff.
• Of a documentary significance: The work shows the "Brücke“ artist sketching the "Viertelstundenakte“ (Quarter Hour Nudes).
• Schmidt-Rottluff illustrates the scene in artificial light in a striking flat manner.

PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp. Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: 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. 116 (with illu.).

LITERATURE: Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 30, SHG no. 30 (with illu.).