Liegende im schwarzen Rock. 1910.
India Ink and brush over pencil on postcard.
Wietek 31 ("Aufgestützt liegendes Mädchen"). Verso inscribed "Frl. Emmy Frisch / Friedenau-Berlin Kaiser Allee 71 Aufgang II / Schönster Gruß vom kalten Dangast Ihr S-R" and with a postage stamp "Dangast 7 [5 ?] 10 2 3 N". The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation Berlin. 9 x 14 cm (3.5 x 5.5 in), the full sheet.
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• Early greeting from the artist to his future wife Emmy Frisch.
• Spontaneous, flowing drawing that the artist then cut into wood.
• Created in autumn 1910 while staying in Dangast on the occasion of the joint exhibition with Emma Ritter.

PROVENANCE: Emmy Frisch, Berlin (from the artist).
Galerie Thomas, Munich.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above on April 16, 1989, 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. 222f, SHG no. 295 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 50, SHG no. 73 (with illu.)
Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Zeichnungen auf Postkarten, Cologne 2010, pp. 114f., no. 31 (with illu.).