Männlicher Kopf im Profil. 1906.
Woodcut.
Signed, dated and titled "Kopf im Profil". On laid paper. 21.2 x 15.4 cm (8.3 x 6 in). Sheet: 35 x 23,3 cm (13,7 x 9,1 in).
[AR].
• One of the first woodcuts by the then still young artist.
• From the time shortly after the founding of "Die Brücke" in Dresden.
• Depicted is Prof. Dr. med. A. E. Thiele (1867-1933), a passive member of the "Brücke" since 1906.
• Extremely rare, early print.

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. 128 (illu.).

LITERATURE: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, no. H 2 (black-and-white illu., plate vol.).

Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, auction 300, June 11, 1993, lot 883 (illu. on p. 139).
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, pp. 208f., SHG no. 264 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, pp. 34f., SHG no. 40 (illu.).

In good condition. Isolated, faint brown stains. Unobtrusive creases in the upper margin.