Mondaufgang überm See. Ca. 1940/1942.
Colored chalk over India ink.
Signed in lower left. On laid paper. 26.9 x 38.1 cm (10.5 x 15 in), size of sheet. [AM].

• Wonderful atmospheric depiction of a great sentimental power.
• Balanced composition in soothing colors.
• Sophisticated technique: The virtuoso handling of ink pen and color chalks shows Karl Schmidt-Rottluff's unique style.

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

PROVENANCE: Galleria Henze, Campione d'Italia.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Retrospektive, Kunsthalle Bremen, July 16 - September 10, 1989; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, September 27 - December 3, 1989, p. 283, cat. no. 313 (with illu.).
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).
Schmidt-Rottluff. Form, Farbe, Ausdruck!, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, September 29, 2018 - February 24, 2019, p. 284.
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, p. 418, SHG no. 750 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 121, SHG no. 273 (with illu.).

In good condition. With a small tear in the lower left sheet margin, professionally closed. The upper left corner with another tiny tear. In the lower area of the depiction, the paint layer with a few minimal vertical irregularities.