Woodcut. Signed and inscribed with the work number "191". 39 x 49.7 cm. Sheet: 53 x 69,7 cm.
Printed by Fritz Voigt, Berlin. The work is registered in the Hermann Gerlinger Collection under the number SHG 175 a. [CH].
- Schmidt-Rottluff's graphic depictions of Russian landscapes were only created in Berlin after impressions of the Russian countryside gained during the First World War. - Large sheet in an expressive formal language. - With characteristically clear contours, angular shapes and dynamic lines, Schmidt-Rottluff created a composition in an almost ornamental style. - Rare: only two other copies have been offered on the international auction market in the past 30 years (source: artprice.com).
LITERATURE: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, p. 47, no. H 236 (illu., plate vol.).