Herbstsonne im Tessin. 1949.
Watercolor and ink brush.
Signed in lower right and inscribed with the numner "4958". On fim wove paper. 50.5 x 68 cm (19.8 x 26.7 in), the full sheet.
The watercolor is a preliminary work for the painting "Weg in Ascona" from 1950 with the same motif.
The work is registered in the Hermann Gerlinger Collection with the number SHG 280a. [SM].
• The watercolor is a preliminary work for the painting "Weg in Ascona" from 1950 with the same motif.
• Between 1949 and 1953 Schmidt-Rottluff spent the end of the year with the fellow painter Otto Ehrich in the Ticino.
• Remarkable example of Schmidt-Rottluff's poised combination of bright colors and bblack contour lines.

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

PROVENANCE: Private collection Hesse.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032, since 2017: Ketterer Kunst).

EXHIBITION: Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Ketterer Kunst, Munich, June 8, 2017, 447th aucttion, lot 134.

Sheet with strong colors and in good condition. Small brownish spots in margins. Bottom edge minimally irregular.