Landschaft mit Pappeln und Leuchtturm. 1913.
Woodcut.
32.6 x 28.5 cm (12.8 x 11.2 in). Sheet: 49,8 x 36,5 cm (19,6 x 14,3 in).
[JS].

• Fascinating example of Schmidt-Rottluff's technical perfection of the woodcut.
• With enormous effort and artistic mastery, Schmidt-Rottluff wrested compositions of fascinating lightness and dynamism from the hard wooden block.
• Created in the edgy "Brücke" style shortly after the group of artists disbanded in the spring of 1913.
• Schmidt-Rottluff spent the summer of 1913 in Nida on the Curonian Spit: the Nidden lighthouse is depicted here.

PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp on the reverse, 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).

LITERATURE: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, [Berlin 1924] Nachdruck New York 1987, no. 113 (black-and-white illu., plate vol.).
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Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 363, SHG no. 603 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 64, SHG no. 114 (illu.).

"In its impressive unity and formal consistency, the woodcut represents the essence of Schmidt-Rottluff's graphic work and a genuine contribution to modern art."
Christiane Remm, Starke Schnitte. Zum Holzschnittschaffen Karl Schmidt-Rottluffs, in: Starke Schnitte, ed. by Magdalena M. Moeller, Bonn 2013, p. 19.

In good condition. Evenly faintly browned and with isolated faint traces of rubbing in the margins and partially minimally soiled. Upper left corner with a few slight creases.