Stehende Frau. 1915.
Drypoint.
Schapire R 19. Signed and inscribed with the work number "159". On firm copper plate printing paper. 21.5 x 15 cm (8.4 x 5.9 in). Sheet: 42 x 33 cm (16,5 x 13 in).
Printed by Alfred Ruckenbrod, Berlin. [CH].
• Fine burred print with even plate tone.
• To date only two other copies have been offered on the international auction market (source: artprice).
• Another copy is part of the collection of the Brücke Museum, Berlin.
• As of 1911, Schmidt-Rottluff paid increasing attention to he female nude.

PROVENANCE: Collection Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Hofheim.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above, 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).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 374, SHG no. 6321 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 74, SHG no. 144 (with illu.).

In good condition. Margins with faint even discoloration and with small isolated stains, edges rubebd and slightly soiled. [JS]