Akt mit Obstschale. 1911.
Woodcut.
Not in Schapire. Gerlinger H 11-1. With printer's note and the number "1/1 gedruckt am 22.8.94 von Gunter Ullrich". Only to date known copy. On fine Japon. 33 x 27.7 cm (12.9 x 10.9 in). Sheet: 62,8 x 47 cm (24,7 x 18,5 in).
Print from 1994. The associated wooden block is also part of the Hermann Gerlinger Collection: cf. Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 50, SHG no. 74 (with illu.). [CH].
• Only to date known proof of the reverse side of a printing block executed on both sides, which is also part of the Hermann Gerlinger Collection (SHG no. 74).
• In their prints, Schmidt-Rottluff and the "Brücke" artists were able to express their new and unconventional concept of art and breathed new life into the then little popular medium.
• In those years the female nude in the studio was one of the main "Brücke" motifs, as they created a novel and groundbreaking interpretation of the female nude as an independent pictoirial element .

PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (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: Hermann Gerlinger, Ergänzungen zu den Werkkatalogen von Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, in: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, cat. no. H 11-1, p. 37 (with illu.).
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 223, SHG no. 297 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 50, SHG no. 75 (with illu.).

In good condition. The wide margins with creases and crimps as well as a few faint traces of color and rubbing caused by printing. Very few small brown spots in the upper margin. [JS]