Lot 357
  • 357

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
  • Ohne Titel (Landscape)
  • Signed S Rottluff (lower right)
  • Watercolor and ink wash on paper
  • 19 1/2 by 27 1/4 in.
  • 49.4 by 69.2 cm

Provenance

Karl Nierendorf, New York
Acquired from the estate of the above in 1948

Exhibited

New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Selected Sculpture and Works on Paper, 1969
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Expressionist Watercolors and Drawings, 1984

Condition

Executed on cream colored, thick wove paper. The sheet is slightly time darkened overall, but the medium remains bright and fresh. There are extremely small loses to the extreme upper and left corners, as well as some small repaired tears and creases along the perimeter. There is an artist's pinhole at the upper left corner and two small surface scratches along the bottom edge. Some tape remnants and small repairs visible along the perimeter on the verso. Overall, the work is in good condition.
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