Kopf. 1953.
Stone relief.
With a small adhesive paper label on the rear, there numbered "53". 6.5 x 6 x 3 cm (2.5 x 2.3 x 1.1 in).
[KT].

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

PROVENANCE: Karl Ludwig Skutsch Collection (1905-1958), Berlin (gifted from the artist in 1956).
Private collection Paris.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 2009, Bassenge, November 28, 2009).

EXHIBITION: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Das nachgelassene Werk seit den 20er Jahren. Malerei, Plastik, Kunsthandwerk, Brücke Museum, Berlin, August 20, 1977 - January 15, 1978, plate 54: "Drei Köpfe", no. 104, 105 and 107.
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: Bassenge, Berlin, auction on November 28, 2009, lot 7312 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, working copy, hand-written addenda from 2019, p. 126, SHG no. 288a (no illu.).

In good condition. With superficial isolated adhesion. With slight handling marks, front slightly darkened.