Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Lot n° 30

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Idle hetaeras. 1914. Woodcut. Schapire H 133. Signed and dated. On laid paper by SLG (with the watermark). 39,5 x 50 cm (15,5 x 19,6 in). Paper: 51,5 x 67,5 cm (20,2 x 26,5 in). [KT]. - Previously offered only four times on the international auction market. - Well-known provenance besides Hermann Gerlinger- Wilhelm Niemeyer publishes the important expressionist magazine Kündung together with Rosa Schapire, he is a passive bridge member and early Schmidt-Rottluff collector. - The theme of nudity in Schmidt-Rottluff's work reaches a climax with the format-filling nude figures of the "Idle Hetheares" of 1914 - In ancient times, hetaeras were respected prostitutes who indulged in music-making and dancing. We thank Dr. Peter Fuhring, Fondation Custodia, Paris, for his kind scholarly advice. PROVENIENCE: Wilhelm Niemeyer Collection, Hamburg (until 1956: Stuttgart Art Cabinet, Nov. 27/28, 1956). Sauerwein Collection, o. O. (acquired from the aforementioned in 1956). Günther and Annemarie Gercken Collection, Hamburg (with collector's stamp on verso). Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp). EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holstein Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001). Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017). Expressive. The Artists of the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Albertina, Vienna, June 1-Aug. 26, 2007, cat. no. 34 (with ill.). Schmidt-Rottluff. Form, Color, Expression, Buchheim Museum, Bernried am Starnberger See, 29.9.2018-3.2.2019, p. 199 (m. ill.). Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022). LITERATURE: Stuttgart Art Cabinet, Roman Norbert Ketterer, 25th auction, 27/28 Nov. 1956, lot 883. Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, pp. 368-69, SHG no. 613 (m. ill.). Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Bestandskatalog Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 69, SHG no. 125 (w. ill.). Call time: 10.06.2022 - approx. 17.58 h +/- 20 min.