Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff 1884 - 1976 Die Windmühle. 1922. Watercolor and ink pen drawing. Signed and dated in the lower right. Inscribed with dimensions and other notes by a hand other than the artist’s on the reverse. On firm off-white wove paper. 50.4 x 64.5 cm (19.8 x 25.3 in), the full sheet. [KA]. • Schmidt-Rottluff translates the sunset of the Jershöft evening landscape into a glowing, high-contrast interplay of colors. • Through his playful, graphic style—combined with a passion for color—the artist reveals himself to be a visionary Expressionist. • Watercolors play a central role in his oeuvre: from the early years of the “Brücke” art group through to his final creative phase, watercolor dominated his artistic output. • Similar landscape watercolors by Schmidt-Rottluff are in renowned museum collections, including the Brücke Museum in Berlin, the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main, and the State Art Collections in Dresden. The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin. PROVENANCE: Probably Joseph Heymann, Cologne/London (acquired in Berlin around 1930). George Heymann Collection, London (probably inherited from the above, as indicated by a label on a fragment of the backing board). Galerie Thomas, Munich (probably since 1995; Sotheby’s, with the gallery label on the reverse of the backing board). Dietmar Manke Collection, Schleswig-Holstein (acquired from the above in 1997). LITERATURE: Sotheby’s, London, Sale LN5379, Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, Part II, June 28, 1995, lot 181 (with color illustration). Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 16.05 h +/- 20 min.

Estimate:£25,029.96

View all items fromKetterer Kunst GmbH & Co KGorArts & Graphics