Lot 225 
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225
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Kaktus, Muschel und Schale, Ca. 1953.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 70,000 / $ 81,200 Sold:
€ 129,000 / $ 149,640 (incl. surcharge)
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
1884 - 1976
Kaktus, Muschel und Schale. Ca. 1953.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the upper left. Once more signed on the reverse of the stretcher. 65 x 73 cm (25.5 x 28.7 in).
[AR].
• Captivating formal clarity and brilliant colors.
• Still lifes play a key role in Schmidt-Rotluff's oeuvre.
• In the 1950s, he increasingly focused on his immediate surroundings and the “quiet life of things”, as he once put it.
• Acquired in 1973 and in family ownership ever since.
The work is documented in the Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Canada (acquired in 1973).
Since then in family ownership.
1884 - 1976
Kaktus, Muschel und Schale. Ca. 1953.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the upper left. Once more signed on the reverse of the stretcher. 65 x 73 cm (25.5 x 28.7 in).
[AR].
• Captivating formal clarity and brilliant colors.
• Still lifes play a key role in Schmidt-Rotluff's oeuvre.
• In the 1950s, he increasingly focused on his immediate surroundings and the “quiet life of things”, as he once put it.
• Acquired in 1973 and in family ownership ever since.
The work is documented in the Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Canada (acquired in 1973).
Since then in family ownership.
225
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Kaktus, Muschel und Schale, Ca. 1953.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 70,000 / $ 81,200 Sold:
€ 129,000 / $ 149,640 (incl. surcharge)
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