Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Signed, titled, and inscribed with the work number “(5615)” and “gewachst” (waxed) on the reverse of the stretcher. 76.5 x 101.5 cm.
- Rediscovery: The location, composition, and color scheme were previously unknown to research. - The essence of Expressionism: vibrant colors, bold contrasts, and simplified forms, Schmidt-Rottluff created a dynamic composition imbued with a mystical and enigmatic expressiveness. - Source of inspiration: Beginning in the 1940s, the artist spent the summer months at the Lübeck Bay on the Baltic Sea. - With this scene of trees silhouetted against the sun, Schmidt-Rottluff draws on a motif from the peak of his career, blending his expressive landscape painting with his graphic art.
The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin.

Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia. Private collection, Southern Germany (inherited from the above)

Condition report on request katalogisierung@kettererkunst.de