Wood (spruce). With the work number on the reverse. 29 x 36.2 cm.
• Karl Schmidt-Rottluff left the grain of the wood visible in the subject.
• In 1915, the artist carved another block with 2 cats (Brücke Museum inventory no. 214/75).
• No print from this block has been offered on the international art market in the last 28 years (source: artprice.com)
• A proof from this block is in the Städel Museum in Frankfurt.
LITERATURE: Cf.: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, catalogue raisonné no. 181 (illustrated in b/w, plate volume). Magdalena M.Moeller (ed.), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Die Holzstöcke, Berlin 2011. (General information on Schmidt-Rottluff's woodblocks).