Mühle auf Alsen. 1906.
India Ink and brush.
With a dedication to "P. Holsteinen" as well as signed and dated. On brownish wove paper. 34 x 23 cm (13.3 x 9 in), the full sheet.
[KT].

• Made during the artist's first stay on the island Alsen with Emil Nolde in 1906.
• Present from the artist to Paul Holstein (1884–1947), friend and fellow student of Heckels and Schmidt-Rottluff, as well as the first passive "Brücke" member.

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

PROVENANCE: Paul Holstein Collection, Berlin.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired in 1985: Hauswedell & Nolte, June 9, 1985; with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001).
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Retrospektive, Kunsthalle Bremen, June 16 - September 10, 1989; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, September 27 - December 3, 1989, cat. no. 25 (with black-and-white illu.).
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. 121 (with illu.).

LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, auction in June 1985, lot 1422 (with illu. plate 118).
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, SHG no. 261 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, SHG no. 555 (with illu.).

In good condition. Sheet minimally wavy from technique and with slight handling marks in lower right corner. With minimal mount staining. Edges in left margin unevenly trimmed.