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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Felder und Sonne, 1944.
Watercolor and ink brush
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 22,000 Sold:
€ 45,000 / $ 49,500 (incl. surcharge)
Felder und Sonne. 1944.
Watercolor and ink brush.
Lower right signed and inscribed with the work number "4424". Verso titled. On creme wove paper. 50 x 68.5 cm (19.6 x 26.9 in), the full sheet. [CH].
• Privately-owned for more than 30 years.
• Characteristic landscape in strong colors by the great German expressionist.
• Dramatic combination of elegant-calligraphic contours of the ink brush drawing and the expressive, glazing watercolors.
The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation.
PROVENANCE: In the possession of the artist (until at least 1949).
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (inherited from aforementioned in 2002).
EXHIBITION: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Aquarelle aus den Jahren 1943-1946, Schlossbergmuseum Chemnitz, Chemnitz 1946, cat. no. 16.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Aquarelle und Pinselzeichnungen aus den Jahren 1942-1944, exhibition of Galerie Henning in Halle (Saale), January 1949, cat. no. 17 with illu.
Watercolor and ink brush.
Lower right signed and inscribed with the work number "4424". Verso titled. On creme wove paper. 50 x 68.5 cm (19.6 x 26.9 in), the full sheet. [CH].
• Privately-owned for more than 30 years.
• Characteristic landscape in strong colors by the great German expressionist.
• Dramatic combination of elegant-calligraphic contours of the ink brush drawing and the expressive, glazing watercolors.
The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation.
PROVENANCE: In the possession of the artist (until at least 1949).
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (inherited from aforementioned in 2002).
EXHIBITION: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Aquarelle aus den Jahren 1943-1946, Schlossbergmuseum Chemnitz, Chemnitz 1946, cat. no. 16.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Aquarelle und Pinselzeichnungen aus den Jahren 1942-1944, exhibition of Galerie Henning in Halle (Saale), January 1949, cat. no. 17 with illu.
207
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Felder und Sonne, 1944.
Watercolor and ink brush
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 22,000 Sold:
€ 45,000 / $ 49,500 (incl. surcharge)