Anhänger mit Topas. 1910/11.
Sheet Silver, cut, chased. Stone fitted with claws.
Wietek 381. With signature stamp on the front side of the flap. Diameter: 4.8 cm (1.8 in). Height: 6 cm (2,3 in). Stone: 1,6 x 1,4 cm (0,6 x 0,5 in).
[KT].

• Schmidt-Rottluff was the most prolific jewelry maker among the "Brücke" artists.
• His objects are characterized by an unconventional and artistic approach to material, technique and form and possess a very special aesthetic appeal.
• His pieces are one-of-a-kind gems, often made fora close circle of collectors or friends and family.
• These items, which are pieces of jewelry, collectibles and at the same objects of utility, unite forms characteristic of the artist's creation.
• From the artist's rarest work group on the auction market (source: artprice.com).

The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin.

PROVENANCE:
From the artist's estate
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg.

EXHIBITION:
Maler der Brücke in Dangast von 1907 bis 1912. Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Erich Heckel, Max Pechstein, Emma Ritter, Oldenburger Kunstverein, June 2 - June 30, 1957, cat. no. 221.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Das nachgelassene Werk seit den 20er Jahren. Malerei, Plastik, Kunsthandwerk, Brücke-Museum, Berlin, August 20, 1977 - January 15, 1978, cat. no. 153.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Aquarelle, Farbstiftzeichnungen, Schmuck, Kunstverein Paderborn 1982, cat. no. 13.
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).
Nur für ihre Frauen. Schmuck von Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff, Emil Nolde, Erich Heckel und Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Stiftung Moritzburg, Kunstmuseum des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle (Saale), October 26, 2003 - January 11, 2004, no. 2 (with illu.).
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. 176 (with illu.).

LITERATURE:
Gerhard Wietek, Schmidt-Rottluff. Oldenburger Jahre 1907-1912, ed.by Stiftung Kunst und Kultur der Landessparkasse zu Oldenburg, Oldenburg 1994, pp. 62, 469.
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, pp. 230ff, SHG no. 325 (with illu.).
Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Werkverzeichnis der Plastik und des Kunsthandwerks, Munich 2001, no. 381 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 51, SHG no. 78 (with illu.).