Lot 203
Back side
203
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Katze (Holzstock), 1915.
Wood (spruce)
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 17,700 Sold:
€ 19,050 / $ 22,479 (incl. surcharge)
Katze (Holzstock). 1915.
Wood (spruce).
With the work number on the reverse. 29 x 36.2 cm (11.4 x 14.2 in).
• Karl Schmidt-Rottluff left the grain of the wood visible in the subject.
• In 1915, the artist carved another block with 2 cats (Brücke Museum inventory no. 214/75).
• No print from this block has been offered on the international art market in the last 28 years (source: artprice.com)
• A proof from this block is in the Städel Museum in Frankfurt.
PROVENANCE: The artist's studio.
The collection of Dr. Victor and Hedda Peters, Leipzig (obtained directly from the artist).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (obtained from the above in 1989).
LITERATURE: Cf.: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, catalogue raisonné no. 181 (illustrated in b/w, plate volume).
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Magdalena M.Moeller (ed.), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Die Holzstöcke, Berlin 2011. (General information on Schmidt-Rottluff's woodblocks).
Wood (spruce).
With the work number on the reverse. 29 x 36.2 cm (11.4 x 14.2 in).
• Karl Schmidt-Rottluff left the grain of the wood visible in the subject.
• In 1915, the artist carved another block with 2 cats (Brücke Museum inventory no. 214/75).
• No print from this block has been offered on the international art market in the last 28 years (source: artprice.com)
• A proof from this block is in the Städel Museum in Frankfurt.
PROVENANCE: The artist's studio.
The collection of Dr. Victor and Hedda Peters, Leipzig (obtained directly from the artist).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (obtained from the above in 1989).
LITERATURE: Cf.: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, catalogue raisonné no. 181 (illustrated in b/w, plate volume).
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Magdalena M.Moeller (ed.), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Die Holzstöcke, Berlin 2011. (General information on Schmidt-Rottluff's woodblocks).
203
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Katze (Holzstock), 1915.
Wood (spruce)
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 17,700 Sold:
€ 19,050 / $ 22,479 (incl. surcharge)
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