Oil on canvas. Signed in bottom center. Inscribed with the work number "21i4" on the reverse. 97.5 x 112 cm. On the reverse with a depiction in oil painted over by the artist. [CH].
• Expressionist painting at its best: Schmidt-Rottluff combines vibrant colors, sharp edges, bold forms and strong contours to create a compelling composition. • Starting in 1920, Jershöft on the Baltic Sea became a place of inspiration for the artist and an important creative retreat. • Paintings by the artist of this outstanding quality and vibrancy are extremely rare on the auction market. • Rich international history and part of the outstanding Berthold and Else Beitz Collection, Essen, for almost 65 years. The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin. LITERATURE: Will Grohmann, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Stuttgart 1956, pp. 266 (illustrated in b/w) and p. 292. - - Paul Westheim (ed.), 50 ausgewählte Werke heutiger Kunst. Exhibition at the Reckendorfhaus, Hedemannstrasse 24, in: Das Kunstblatt, vol. 13, no. 1, January 1929, p. 365. Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, Stuttgart, 36th auction, 1961, lot 462 (illustrated in color on plate 109). Eberhard Roters, Galerie Ferdinand Möller. Die Geschichte einer Galerie für Moderne Kunst in Deutschland 1917-1956, Berlin 1984, pp. 156 and 227. Gisela Schirmer, Käthe Kollwitz und die Kunst ihrer Zeit. Positionen zur Geburtenpolitik, Weimar 1998 (illustrated, no. 277: view taken from the exhibition “Frauen in Not”) ARCHIVE MATERIAL (selection): File card inventory of Galerie Ferdinand Möller (“Scheune, Öl auf Leinwand” by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff), Berlin, Berlinische Galerie, Ferdinand Möller Estate, BG-KA-N/F.Möller-KK3,74 (https://sammlung-online.berlinischegalerie.de/de/collection/item/226939/). Application documents of various artists for the exhibition “Modern German Art” (October 1-20, 1923) at the Anderson Galleries in New York City (USA), Berlinische Galerie Berlin, Ferdinand Möller Estate, BG-GFM-D I,86 (https://sammlung-online.berlinischegalerie.de/de/collection/item/281905/). Business correspondence between Galerie Ferdinand Möller and the Art Collections of the Free City of Danzig, Berlinische Galerie Berlin, Ferdinand Möller Estate, BG-GFM-C, II 1, 587f. (https://sammlung-online.berlinischegalerie.de/de/collection/item/211952/). Business correspondence between the Galerie Ferdinand Möller and Dr. Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner, Director of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit (USA), Berlinische Galerie Berlin, Ferdinand Möller Estate, BG-GFM-C, II 1,115 (et al.) (https://sammlung-online.berlinischegalerie.de/de/collection/item/211478/). Customs invoice and import declaration for 18 oil paintings from the Galerie Ferdinand Möller to the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1938, Berlinische Galerie Berlin, Ferdinand Möller estate, BG-KA-N/F. Möller-66-M66,18-23 (https://sammlung-online.berlinischegalerie.de/de/collection/item/248308/). Department of Justice, Office of Alien Property, Washington D.C. and others: Purchase agreement between the Office of Alien Property of the US Department of Justice Justice Department with Maria Möller-Garny regarding the repurchase of 19 paintings in storage at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Berlinische Galerie Berlin, Ferdinand Möller Estate, BG-KA-N/F.Möller-68-M68,88-89 (https://sammlung-online.berlinischegalerie.de/de/collection/item/248263/). Heise estate, Schönebeck District Museum, installation view of the exhibition “Frauen in Not” (Women in Need) with works by Katharina Heise, Schmidt-Rottluff's paintings "Frau am Meer" and "Scheune".
Presumably: A collection of modern German art, New York, Anderson Galleries, October 1-20, 1923, cat. no. 230. 50 ausgewählte Werke heutiger Kunst. Ausstellung im Reckendorfhaus, Hedemannstrasse 24, Berlin (Verlagshaus des “Kunstblattes”), November 1928 (no catalog). Traveling Exhibition Schmidt-Rottluff, Galerie Möller Berlin, Museum Königsberg, Museum Danzig, November 1928 - March 1929 (no catalog). Frauen in Not (Women in Need), Ausstellung der Internationalen Arbeiterhilfe (IAH), Haus der Juryfreien, Berlin, October 9 - November 1, 1931, cat. no. 322 (Female Farmhand). Pommersches Landesmuseum, Greifswald (permanent loan, 2015-2024). Zwei Männer - ein Meer. Pechstein und Schmidt-Rottluff an der Ostsee, Pommersches Landesmuseum, Greifswald, March 29 - June 28, 2015, cat. no. 10 (illustrated)
Ferdinand Möller Collection, Berlin (acquired directly from the artist by 1928 at the latest, with the partly handwritten gallery label on the stretcher). Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit/Michigan (taken into safekeeping on loan from the property of the aforementioned in March 1938, confiscated by the American state as “enemy property” in December 1940). US-American state property (1950-1957, assumption of ownership of the above-mentioned confiscation on October 30, 1950 by “Vesting Order 15411” of the Office of Alien Property at the Department of Justice). Maria Möller-Garny, Cologne (through “repurchase” from the US state in 1957, until 1961: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett). Berthold and Else Beitz Collection, Essen (acquired from the above through the Galerie Grosshennig, Düsseldorf, in 1961). Since then in family ownership
Condition report on request katalogisierung@kettererkunst.de
Lot Details
Oil on canvas. Signed in bottom center. Inscribed with the work number "21i4" on the reverse. 97.5 x 112 cm. On the reverse with a depiction in oil painted over by the artist. [CH].
• Expressionist painting at its best: Schmidt-Rottluff combines vibrant colors, sharp edges, bold forms and strong contours to create a compelling composition. • Starting in 1920, Jershöft on the Baltic Sea became a place of inspiration for the artist and an important creative retreat. • Paintings by the artist of this outstanding quality and vibrancy are extremely rare on the auction market. • Rich international history and part of the outstanding Berthold and Else Beitz Collection, Essen, for almost 65 years. The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin. LITERATURE: Will Grohmann, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Stuttgart 1956, pp. 266 (illustrated in b/w) and p. 292. - - Paul Westheim (ed.), 50 ausgewählte Werke heutiger Kunst. Exhibition at the Reckendorfhaus, Hedemannstrasse 24, in: Das Kunstblatt, vol. 13, no. 1, January 1929, p. 365. Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, Stuttgart, 36th auction, 1961, lot 462 (illustrated in color on plate 109). Eberhard Roters, Galerie Ferdinand Möller. Die Geschichte einer Galerie für Moderne Kunst in Deutschland 1917-1956, Berlin 1984, pp. 156 and 227. Gisela Schirmer, Käthe Kollwitz und die Kunst ihrer Zeit. Positionen zur Geburtenpolitik, Weimar 1998 (illustrated, no. 277: view taken from the exhibition “Frauen in Not”) ARCHIVE MATERIAL (selection): File card inventory of Galerie Ferdinand Möller (“Scheune, Öl auf Leinwand” by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff), Berlin, Berlinische Galerie, Ferdinand Möller Estate, BG-KA-N/F.Möller-KK3,74 (https://sammlung-online.berlinischegalerie.de/de/collection/item/226939/). Application documents of various artists for the exhibition “Modern German Art” (October 1-20, 1923) at the Anderson Galleries in New York City (USA), Berlinische Galerie Berlin, Ferdinand Möller Estate, BG-GFM-D I,86 (https://sammlung-online.berlinischegalerie.de/de/collection/item/281905/). Business correspondence between Galerie Ferdinand Möller and the Art Collections of the Free City of Danzig, Berlinische Galerie Berlin, Ferdinand Möller Estate, BG-GFM-C, II 1, 587f. (https://sammlung-online.berlinischegalerie.de/de/collection/item/211952/). Business correspondence between the Galerie Ferdinand Möller and Dr. Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner, Director of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit (USA), Berlinische Galerie Berlin, Ferdinand Möller Estate, BG-GFM-C, II 1,115 (et al.) (https://sammlung-online.berlinischegalerie.de/de/collection/item/211478/). Customs invoice and import declaration for 18 oil paintings from the Galerie Ferdinand Möller to the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1938, Berlinische Galerie Berlin, Ferdinand Möller estate, BG-KA-N/F. Möller-66-M66,18-23 (https://sammlung-online.berlinischegalerie.de/de/collection/item/248308/). Department of Justice, Office of Alien Property, Washington D.C. and others: Purchase agreement between the Office of Alien Property of the US Department of Justice Justice Department with Maria Möller-Garny regarding the repurchase of 19 paintings in storage at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Berlinische Galerie Berlin, Ferdinand Möller Estate, BG-KA-N/F.Möller-68-M68,88-89 (https://sammlung-online.berlinischegalerie.de/de/collection/item/248263/). Heise estate, Schönebeck District Museum, installation view of the exhibition “Frauen in Not” (Women in Need) with works by Katharina Heise, Schmidt-Rottluff's paintings "Frau am Meer" and "Scheune".
Presumably: A collection of modern German art, New York, Anderson Galleries, October 1-20, 1923, cat. no. 230. 50 ausgewählte Werke heutiger Kunst. Ausstellung im Reckendorfhaus, Hedemannstrasse 24, Berlin (Verlagshaus des “Kunstblattes”), November 1928 (no catalog). Traveling Exhibition Schmidt-Rottluff, Galerie Möller Berlin, Museum Königsberg, Museum Danzig, November 1928 - March 1929 (no catalog). Frauen in Not (Women in Need), Ausstellung der Internationalen Arbeiterhilfe (IAH), Haus der Juryfreien, Berlin, October 9 - November 1, 1931, cat. no. 322 (Female Farmhand). Pommersches Landesmuseum, Greifswald (permanent loan, 2015-2024). Zwei Männer - ein Meer. Pechstein und Schmidt-Rottluff an der Ostsee, Pommersches Landesmuseum, Greifswald, March 29 - June 28, 2015, cat. no. 10 (illustrated)
Ferdinand Möller Collection, Berlin (acquired directly from the artist by 1928 at the latest, with the partly handwritten gallery label on the stretcher). Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit/Michigan (taken into safekeeping on loan from the property of the aforementioned in March 1938, confiscated by the American state as “enemy property” in December 1940). US-American state property (1950-1957, assumption of ownership of the above-mentioned confiscation on October 30, 1950 by “Vesting Order 15411” of the Office of Alien Property at the Department of Justice). Maria Möller-Garny, Cologne (through “repurchase” from the US state in 1957, until 1961: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett). Berthold and Else Beitz Collection, Essen (acquired from the above through the Galerie Grosshennig, Düsseldorf, in 1961). Since then in family ownership
Condition report on request katalogisierung@kettererkunst.de
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