When Karl Schmidt-Rottluff was in his eighties by the mid 1960s he had to give up painting in oil for health reasons. Henceforth he focussed on watercolors, chalk and India ink drawings, which led to ever new perspectives with regards to motif, form and colors in his late period of creation - our powerful and expressive coastal landscape is a remarkable example thereof. In this work Schmidt-Rottluff rendered the black contour lines onto the paper with masterly perfection, creating exciting balance between the colored and blank parts of the paper with remarkable graphic poise. The landscape's high horizon, as well as the expressive coloring, increases the composition's level of abstraction. This landscape composition is an outstanding example of the poise the great expressionist showed in his late creations. His oeuvre, including the works on paper, covers a period of more than 70 years and was of groundbreaking importance for Modernism. [JS]