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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Die Katzen, 1913.
Brush and India ink
Starting bid: € 7,200 / $ 8,424
131
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Die Katzen, 1913.
Brush and India ink
Starting bid: € 7,200 / $ 8,424
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
1884 - 1976
Die Katzen. 1913.
Brush and India ink and watercolor.
Signed in pencil in the lower left. On wove paper. 50.2 x 61 cm (19.7 x 24 in), size of sheet.
Includes a photograph of the work, inscribed by the artist on the reverse as “Katzen Pinselzeichnung” and bearing the red stamp “K. Schmidt-Rottluff”. [KA].
• A masterfully spontaneous work from the artist’s best “Brücke” period in Dresden.
• Karl Schmidt-Rottluff masterfully captures the quiet, serene nature of the cat.
• Cats are one of the rare animal motifs in the artist’s oeuvre.
• One of a four-sheet series of ink drawings.
The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Since then in family possession.
EXHIBITION: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Graphik, Kunsthandwerk aus Privatsammlungen, Lippische Gesellschaft für Kunst, Lippisches Landesmuseum und Fürstliches Residenzschloß, Detmold, Nov. 5–Dec. 3, 1978, cat. no. 11 (illustrated)
Schmidt-Rottluff. Aquarelle, Farbstiftzeichnungen, Schmuck, Kunstverein im Adam-und-Eva-Haus, Paderborn, 1982.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff zum 100. Geburtstag. List of exhibited works, Schleswig-Holstein State Museum at Gottorf Castle in Schleswig, Reithalle, June 3–August 12, 1984, cat. no. 80 (illustrated).
In good condition. The sheet is slightly creased overall and shows minimal mount staining. There are a few tiny tears and nicks along the edges of the sheet, as well as one professionally restored tear in the paper at the top and bottom center. A few small creases in the upper left and lower right corners of the sheet. A slight crease on the left eye of the lower cat. A few very fine brown spots and tiny studio marks.
1884 - 1976
Die Katzen. 1913.
Brush and India ink and watercolor.
Signed in pencil in the lower left. On wove paper. 50.2 x 61 cm (19.7 x 24 in), size of sheet.
Includes a photograph of the work, inscribed by the artist on the reverse as “Katzen Pinselzeichnung” and bearing the red stamp “K. Schmidt-Rottluff”. [KA].
• A masterfully spontaneous work from the artist’s best “Brücke” period in Dresden.
• Karl Schmidt-Rottluff masterfully captures the quiet, serene nature of the cat.
• Cats are one of the rare animal motifs in the artist’s oeuvre.
• One of a four-sheet series of ink drawings.
The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Since then in family possession.
EXHIBITION: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Graphik, Kunsthandwerk aus Privatsammlungen, Lippische Gesellschaft für Kunst, Lippisches Landesmuseum und Fürstliches Residenzschloß, Detmold, Nov. 5–Dec. 3, 1978, cat. no. 11 (illustrated)
Schmidt-Rottluff. Aquarelle, Farbstiftzeichnungen, Schmuck, Kunstverein im Adam-und-Eva-Haus, Paderborn, 1982.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff zum 100. Geburtstag. List of exhibited works, Schleswig-Holstein State Museum at Gottorf Castle in Schleswig, Reithalle, June 3–August 12, 1984, cat. no. 80 (illustrated).
In good condition. The sheet is slightly creased overall and shows minimal mount staining. There are a few tiny tears and nicks along the edges of the sheet, as well as one professionally restored tear in the paper at the top and bottom center. A few small creases in the upper left and lower right corners of the sheet. A slight crease on the left eye of the lower cat. A few very fine brown spots and tiny studio marks.
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