Sale: 539 / Modern Art Day Sale, June 10. 2023 in Munich Lot 325


325
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Anhänger mit Lapislazuli, 1910/11.
Silver plate, cut, chased. Fitted lapis lazuli
Estimate:
€ 4,000 / $ 4,400
Sold:
€ 12,065 / $ 13,271

(incl. surcharge)
Anhänger mit Lapislazuli. 1910/11.
Silver plate, cut, chased. Fitted lapis lazuli.
Wietek 382. Front side with signature stamp. 7.7 x 6.8 cm (3 x 2.6 in). Stone: 2,3 x 2 cm (0,9 x 0,7 in).
[KT].

• Schmidt-Rottluff was the most prolific jewelry maker among the "Brücke" artists.
• His objects are characterized by an unconventional and artistic approach to material, technique and form and possess a very special aesthetic appeal.
• His pieces are one-of-a-kind gems, often made fora close circle of collectors or friends and family.
• These items, which are pieces of jewelry, collectibles and at the same objects of utility, unite forms characteristic of the artist's creation.
• From the artist's rarest work group on the auction market (source: artprice.com)
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The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin


PROVENANCE:
From the artist's estate
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg.

EXHIBITION:
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Das nachgelassene Werk seit den 20er Jahren. Malerei, Plastik, Kunsthandwerk, Brücke-Museum, Berlin, August 20, 1977 - January 15, 1978, cat. no. 145.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Aquarelle, Farbstiftzeichnungen, Schmuck, Kunstverein Paderborn 1982, cat. no. 5.
Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, 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).
Nur für ihre Frauen. Schmuck von Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff, Emil Nolde, Erich Heckel und Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Stiftung Moritzburg, Kunstmuseum des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle (Saale), October 26, 2003 - January 11, 2004, no. 3 (with illu.).
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. 176 (with illu.).

LITERATURE:
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, pp. 230, SHG no. 326 (with illu.)
Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Werkverzeichnis der Plastik und des Kunsthandwerks, Munich 2001, no. 382 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 51, SHG no. 79 (with illu.).




325
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Anhänger mit Lapislazuli, 1910/11.
Silver plate, cut, chased. Fitted lapis lazuli
Estimate:
€ 4,000 / $ 4,400
Sold:
€ 12,065 / $ 13,271

(incl. surcharge)