247
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Waldrand am Taunus, 1963.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 22,000 Sold:
€ 43,180 / $ 47,498 (incl. surcharge)
Waldrand am Taunus. 1963.
Watercolor.
Signed lower right. Stamped lower left with the work number “6345”. Titled on the reverse. On wove paper. 50.2 x 70.5 cm (19.7 x 27.7 in), the full sheet.
[MH].
• Particularly vibrant and expressive landscape depiction with a pictorial effect.
• Impressive visualization of his artistic principle: the combination of line and autonomous forms as an aesthetic ideal.
• The great Expressionist rendered the composition with bold contours, a contrasting palette and dynamic ease.
The watercolor is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Bavaria.
Private collection, Lower Saxony (since 1996, gifted from the above).
Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate (since 2018, inherited from the above).
Watercolor.
Signed lower right. Stamped lower left with the work number “6345”. Titled on the reverse. On wove paper. 50.2 x 70.5 cm (19.7 x 27.7 in), the full sheet.
[MH].
• Particularly vibrant and expressive landscape depiction with a pictorial effect.
• Impressive visualization of his artistic principle: the combination of line and autonomous forms as an aesthetic ideal.
• The great Expressionist rendered the composition with bold contours, a contrasting palette and dynamic ease.
The watercolor is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Bavaria.
Private collection, Lower Saxony (since 1996, gifted from the above).
Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate (since 2018, inherited from the above).
247
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Waldrand am Taunus, 1963.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 22,000 Sold:
€ 43,180 / $ 47,498 (incl. surcharge)