Feuerlilien. 1962.
Watercolor.
Signed lower left and inscribed “6250” lower right. Titled and inscribed “61”on the reverse. On Schoeller wove paper (with the truncated blindstamp). 69.7 x 49.8 cm (27.4 x 19.6 in), the full sheet. [AW].

• The radiant colors and black outlines make for a fascinating composition.
• Watercolors are predominant in Schmidt-Rottluff's oeuvre, from his years with the “Brücke” group to his final creative period in the 1970s.

The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin.

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin.