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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Häuser an der kurischen Nehrung, 1913.
Watercolor over graphite
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 20,880 Sold:
€ 23,220 / $ 26,935 (incl. surcharge)
284
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Häuser an der kurischen Nehrung, 1913.
Watercolor over graphite
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 20,880 Sold:
€ 23,220 / $ 26,935 (incl. surcharge)
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
1884 - 1976
Häuser an der kurischen Nehrung. 1913.
Watercolor over graphite.
Signed and dated in the lower right. On brownish wove paper. 32.9 x 42.7 cm (12.9 x 16.8 in), the full sheet. [KT/AW].
• In 1913, Schmidt-Rottluff explored new ways in landscape art: he created highly individual crossovers between drawing, graphic art, and painting.
• He found inspiration on a stay in Nida on the Curonian Spit, where he created a stylistically cohesive group of works.
• Unique interpretation and experimental use of the watercolor technique..
The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Wirnitzer, Baden-Baden (1972).
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (probably acquired from the above in 1972, with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above).
EXHIBITION: Mit Stift und Pinsel, Galerie Elfriede Wirnitzer, Baden-Baden, October 1972, no. 28 (with illustration).
Das Aquarell der Brücke, Brücke Museum Berlin, September 5–November 16, 1975, no. 125 (with illustration, plate 41).
Norddeutsche Künstlerkolonien: Nidden und die Kurische Nehrung, Altonaer Museum, Hamburg, December 3, 1976–February 6, 1977; Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, March 20–May 15, 1977, no. 117.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Retrospective, Kunsthalle Bremen, June 16–September 10, 1989; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, September 27–December 3, 1989, cat. no. 132 (with b/w ill.).
Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Gottorf Castle, 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).
Im Rhythmus der Natur: Landschaftsmalerei der “Brücke”. Meisterwerke der Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Städtische Galerie, Ravensburg, October 28, 2006–January 28, 2007, p. 105 (with illustration).
Expressiv! Die Künstler der Brücke. Die Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Albertina Vienna, June 1–August 26, 2007, cat. no. 27 (with ill.).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017–2022).
Schmidt-Rottluff. Form, Farbe, Ausdruck!, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, September 29, 2018–February 3, 2019, p. 187 (with illustration).
LITERATURE: Die Weltkunst, no. 20, October 5, 1972, p. 1431 with ill.
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 362f., SHG no. 602 (with ill.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory Catalog of the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 63, SHG No. 113 (with illustration).
1884 - 1976
Häuser an der kurischen Nehrung. 1913.
Watercolor over graphite.
Signed and dated in the lower right. On brownish wove paper. 32.9 x 42.7 cm (12.9 x 16.8 in), the full sheet. [KT/AW].
• In 1913, Schmidt-Rottluff explored new ways in landscape art: he created highly individual crossovers between drawing, graphic art, and painting.
• He found inspiration on a stay in Nida on the Curonian Spit, where he created a stylistically cohesive group of works.
• Unique interpretation and experimental use of the watercolor technique..
The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Wirnitzer, Baden-Baden (1972).
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (probably acquired from the above in 1972, with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).
Private collection, Berlin (acquired from the above).
EXHIBITION: Mit Stift und Pinsel, Galerie Elfriede Wirnitzer, Baden-Baden, October 1972, no. 28 (with illustration).
Das Aquarell der Brücke, Brücke Museum Berlin, September 5–November 16, 1975, no. 125 (with illustration, plate 41).
Norddeutsche Künstlerkolonien: Nidden und die Kurische Nehrung, Altonaer Museum, Hamburg, December 3, 1976–February 6, 1977; Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, March 20–May 15, 1977, no. 117.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Retrospective, Kunsthalle Bremen, June 16–September 10, 1989; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, September 27–December 3, 1989, cat. no. 132 (with b/w ill.).
Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Gottorf Castle, 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).
Im Rhythmus der Natur: Landschaftsmalerei der “Brücke”. Meisterwerke der Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Städtische Galerie, Ravensburg, October 28, 2006–January 28, 2007, p. 105 (with illustration).
Expressiv! Die Künstler der Brücke. Die Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Albertina Vienna, June 1–August 26, 2007, cat. no. 27 (with ill.).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017–2022).
Schmidt-Rottluff. Form, Farbe, Ausdruck!, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, September 29, 2018–February 3, 2019, p. 187 (with illustration).
LITERATURE: Die Weltkunst, no. 20, October 5, 1972, p. 1431 with ill.
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 362f., SHG no. 602 (with ill.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory Catalog of the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 63, SHG No. 113 (with illustration).
The summer of 1913 is of great significance for the development of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff's landscape painting. After the members of "Die Brücke" decide to dissolve the artists' group on May 27, 1913, Schmidt-Rottluff spends the summer in Nida on the Curonian Spit. On July 3, he wrote to the collector Theodor Francksen: "This year, I have been unfaithful to Dangast and have gone to the Curonian Spit. I have wanted to get to know this hugely interesting corner of our country for a long time. The spit is indeed strange and interesting" (Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, quoted from: Gerhard Wietek, Schmidt-Rottluff. Oldenburger Jahre 1907-1912, Mainz 1995, p. 144f., No. 116). In this environment, the artist finds new inspiration, which marks the beginning of an extremely inspired and productive creative phase for him, particularly in relation to his nude and landscape painting. In addition to paintings and drawings, he produced a series of expressive watercolors, including the sheet offered here. With sparing use of watercolors, Schmidt-Rottluff accentuates selected areas of the region depicted, allowing us a glimpse of the impressive landscape of this extraordinary peninsula. [AM]
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