Weiße Wicken. Zwischen 1941 -1944.
Watercolor on paper.
Lower right signed. On firm, slightly structured paper. 50 x 69.3 cm (19.6 x 27.2 in) , the full sheet. [JS].

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

PROVENANCE: Private collection Rhineland.

EXHIBITION: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Aquarelle und Pinselzeichnungen aus den Jahren 1942-1944, Galerie Henning, Halle/ Saale, January 1949, ex. cat. illu. 19.
Fränkische Galerie, Nuremberg, 1954.
Galerie Günther Franke, Munich, 1954.
Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Duisburg, 1955.
Galerie Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf (verso with hand-written notes).

"Schmidt-Rottluff's stylistic intentions become particularly obvious in his watercolor, much more than it is the case with his paintings and drawings. It delivers proof of his talent and reveals his true style."
Magdalena M. Moeller, director of the Brücke-Museum Berlin, in: Christiane Remm, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Aquarelle, Brücke-Museum Berlin, Munich 2011, p. 7.