Ring mit Türkis. Um 1912.
Silver sheet, cut, chiseled, turquoise (cabochon), fitting riveted on the ring, row of curled claws, open edge-raised ring.
Wietek 475. With the signature stamp inside the ring. Jewel fitting diameter: 2.5 cm (0.9 in). Ring diameter: 2 cm (0,7 in).
[SM].
• Made during the important "Brücke" era.
• From the ownership of Rosa Schapire, author of the catalogue raisonné of the print art.
• Impressive exhibition history.

PROVENANCE: Rosa Schapire, Hamburg.
In the artist's ownership (presumably reobtained after Schapire's death in 1954).
Artist's estate.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired directly from the above).

EXHIBITION: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff zum 70. Geburtstag, Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, 1954, cat. no. 209.
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. 229.
Plastik und Kunsthandwerk von Malern des deutschen Expressionismus, Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, August 28 - October 2, 1960; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, October 14 - November 13, 1960, cat. no. 314.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Das nachgelassene Werk seit den 20er Jahren. Malerei, Plastik, Kunsthandwerk, Brücke-Museum Berlin, August 20, 1977 - January 15, 1978, cat. no. 177.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Aquarelle, Farbstiftzeichnungen, Schmuck, Kunstverein Paderborn, 1982, cat. no. 37.
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. 14.
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, pp. 230ff, SHG no. 319 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 60, SHG no. 105 (with illu.).

In good condition. Silver sheet minimally oxidized.