1920
Edition Size: One of only a few copies pulled by the artist
Image Size: 23.9 x 17.8 cm
Sheet Size: 35.9 x 27.4 cm
Reference: Schapire R 31
Signed
Condition: Pristine
On heavy wove paper. One of a few copies. Signed lower right and inscribed lower left with the work number “2014.”
€31,000.00
German painter and printmaker Karl Schmidt-Rottluff was born in Rottluff, now known as Chemnitz in December 1884 and was famed for his expressionist landscapes and nudes. He started his academic life by studying architecture, but, after meeting some other artists (Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Fritz Bleyl), he became one of the founders of expressionist art group Die Brücke (The Bridge). He served in the army 1915-1918, moving afterwards to Berlin, where he met his wife, Emy Frisch and settled for the remainder of his life.
