Lot 324
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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Brosche, 1911.
Brass, cut, chased, edges bent, abstract orname...
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,300 Sold:
€ 15,240 / $ 16,764 (incl. surcharge)
Brosche. 1911.
Brass, cut, chased, edges bent, abstract ornament, presumably etched, as the lines do not push through to the rear.
Wietek 361. Signed and daeed on rear. Diameter ca. 6 cm (2.3 in).
[KT].
• Piece of jewelry from a series of brass brooches that the artist made for female friends.
• Formerly in possession of the art historian Rosa Schapire (1874–1954), an important figure in the artist's life.
• One of the few pieces that the artist inscribed with a date.
• Presented at the first museum exhibition dedicated to his handicraft and jewelry in 1925.
The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin.
PROVENANCE:
Rosa Schapire (1874-1954), Hamburg/London.
In possession of the artist (reobtained after Schapire's death in 1954).
From the artist's estate.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg.
EXHIBITION:
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 1925 (no cat.).
Plastik und Kunsthandwerk von Malern des deutschen Expressionismus, Schleswig-Holstenisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, August 28 - November 13, 1960, cat. no. 300.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Das nachgelassene Werk seit den 20er Jahren. Malerei, Plastik, Kunsthandwerk, Brücke-Museum Berlin, August 20, 1977 - January 15, 1978, cat. no. 159.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Aquarelle, Farbstiftzeichnungen, Schmuck, Kunstverein Paderborn, 1982, cat. no. 19.
Die Deutsche Werkbund-Ausstellung Cöln 1914, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, March 24 - May 13, 1984, p. 349.
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, October 26, 2003 - January 11, 2004, no. 4 (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. 177 (with illu.).
LITERATURE:
Max Sauerlandt, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Ausstellung im Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, in: Beilage zum Hamburger Fremdenblatt, June 11, 1925 (with illu.).
Archiv Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg,
Schapire estate.
Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff in Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, Neumünster 1984, p. 43 (with illu.).
Gerhard Wietek, Schmidt-Rottluff. Oldenburger Jahre 1907-1912, Mainz 1995, p. 539, no. 275 (with illu.).
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 227, SHG no. 310 (with illu.).
Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Werkverzeichnis der Plastik und des Kunsthandwerks, Munich 2001, p. 446, no. 361 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 58, SHG no. 95 (with illu.).
Brass, cut, chased, edges bent, abstract ornament, presumably etched, as the lines do not push through to the rear.
Wietek 361. Signed and daeed on rear. Diameter ca. 6 cm (2.3 in).
[KT].
• Piece of jewelry from a series of brass brooches that the artist made for female friends.
• Formerly in possession of the art historian Rosa Schapire (1874–1954), an important figure in the artist's life.
• One of the few pieces that the artist inscribed with a date.
• Presented at the first museum exhibition dedicated to his handicraft and jewelry in 1925.
The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin.
PROVENANCE:
Rosa Schapire (1874-1954), Hamburg/London.
In possession of the artist (reobtained after Schapire's death in 1954).
From the artist's estate.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg.
EXHIBITION:
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 1925 (no cat.).
Plastik und Kunsthandwerk von Malern des deutschen Expressionismus, Schleswig-Holstenisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, August 28 - November 13, 1960, cat. no. 300.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Das nachgelassene Werk seit den 20er Jahren. Malerei, Plastik, Kunsthandwerk, Brücke-Museum Berlin, August 20, 1977 - January 15, 1978, cat. no. 159.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Aquarelle, Farbstiftzeichnungen, Schmuck, Kunstverein Paderborn, 1982, cat. no. 19.
Die Deutsche Werkbund-Ausstellung Cöln 1914, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, March 24 - May 13, 1984, p. 349.
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, October 26, 2003 - January 11, 2004, no. 4 (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. 177 (with illu.).
LITERATURE:
Max Sauerlandt, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Ausstellung im Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, in: Beilage zum Hamburger Fremdenblatt, June 11, 1925 (with illu.).
Archiv Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg,
Schapire estate.
Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff in Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, Neumünster 1984, p. 43 (with illu.).
Gerhard Wietek, Schmidt-Rottluff. Oldenburger Jahre 1907-1912, Mainz 1995, p. 539, no. 275 (with illu.).
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 227, SHG no. 310 (with illu.).
Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Werkverzeichnis der Plastik und des Kunsthandwerks, Munich 2001, p. 446, no. 361 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 58, SHG no. 95 (with illu.).
The art historian Dr. Rosa Schapire (1874-1954) was one of the earliest supporters of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and the artist group "Brücke". Schapire made a significant contribution to recruiting new passive members for the "Brücke" by acting as an advocate for the new avant-garde group in her Hamburg circle of friends. Over time, she and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff became close friends, characterized by mutual respect and appreciation for each other's artistic and scientific work. In 1924, Schapire compiled the first catalog raisonné of Schmidt-Rottluff's prints, organized exhibitions and published articles on his work. Schmidt-Rottluff not only dedicated a number of prints and paintings to her, including portrait (some of which Schapire donated to the Tate Gallery, London), but also designed clothes and everyday objects for her, including furnishings for her Hamburg domicile. Some of the earliest pieces of jewelry came into her possession as gifts. When Schapire faced persecution because of her Jewish denomination, she emigrated to London in August 1939. She managed to take a large part of Schmidt-Rottluff's work and the pieces of jewelry to England through a friend in Holland, thus bypassing the National Socialist authorities. The officially registered items stored in Hamburg were confiscated by the Gestapo in 1941 and were auctioned. After her death in 1954, the pieces of jewelry she was able to save partly went to close friends and family and were also returned to Schmidt-Rottluff. [KT]
324
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Brosche, 1911.
Brass, cut, chased, edges bent, abstract orname...
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,300 Sold:
€ 15,240 / $ 16,764 (incl. surcharge)