Lithograph. Signed, dated and titled. Signed in the stone (mirror inverted). On wove paper. 21.5 x 32 cm. Sheet: 34 x 47,5 cm.
Printed by Dresdner Kunstanstalt, Dresden. [JS].
- One of Schmidt-Rottluff's first lithographs, created around Dresden in 1906. - Made directly on the stone without transfer paper, Schmidt-Rottluff achieved a finely nuanced print with a strong concentration of the line in the center. - According to Kirchner in the "Brücke" chronicle, Schmidt-Rottluff introduced the technique of lithography to the circle of "Brücke" artists. - Rare print from the early "Brücke" period. - To date, only two other prints have been offered on the international art market (source: artprice.com).
LITERATURE: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, [Berlin 1924] Reprint New York 1987, no. L 2 (illu. in black and white, plate volume). Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 206, SHG no. 260 (illu.). Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 35, SHG no. 35 (illu.)..