Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
1884 - 1976
Bäume am Weg (Postkarte). 1910.
Color chalk and Tempera.
Monogrammed underneath the text on the reverse. Bearing the “Altendorf” postmark. The postmark is barely legible and dated “15.1.10.” Addressed to “Mr. Landger. Dir. Dr. G. Schiefler, Hamburg, Ober Strasse 86”. On a blank postcard (with a preprinted postcard form on the reverse). 8.8 x 14 cm (3.4 x 5.5 in), the full sheet.
Postcard to the Hamburg Regional Court Director, collector, and patron Gustav Schiefler (1857–1935). Verso inscribed by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: “Dear Director, here is M. Pechstein’s address: Wilmersdorf, Durlacher Str. 14. Whether I will come to Berlin is still very uncertain; and the decision would likely come very suddenly. But I will certainly find you in B. With regards to your wife and family, and to you, sincerely. S-R.” [CH].
• Dynamic lines and bold colors: an Expressionist masterpiece in miniature format.
• One of the painted postcards that Schmidt-Rottluff sent to friends and colleagues throughout his life.
• A personal, artistic, and art-historical testament from the heyday of the “Brücke” group (1905–1913).
• Outstanding provenance: The postcard to Gustav Schiefler remained in the family’s possession until 2011.
• Schiefler was a passive member of the “Brücke” artists’ association beginning in 1906 and played an important role for the young artists at that time as a collector, critic, and patron.
The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Collection of Gustav Schiefler (1857–1935), Hamburg (directly from the artist).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (inherited from the above)
Galerie Ludorff, Düsseldorf (purchased from the above in 2011)
Private collection, Southern Germany (purchased from the above in 2011)
In the family’s possession ever since.
LITERATURE: Gerhard Scheck, Postkarten an Gustav Schiefler, Hamburg 1976, p. 206 (with ill.).
Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Zeichnungen auf Postkarten, Cologne 2010, cat. no. 17.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
1884 - 1976
Bäume am Weg (Postkarte). 1910.
Color chalk and Tempera.
Monogrammed underneath the text on the reverse. Bearing the “Altendorf” postmark. The postmark is barely legible and dated “15.1.10.” Addressed to “Mr. Landger. Dir. Dr. G. Schiefler, Hamburg, Ober Strasse 86”. On a blank postcard (with a preprinted postcard form on the reverse). 8.8 x 14 cm (3.4 x 5.5 in), the full sheet.
Postcard to the Hamburg Regional Court Director, collector, and patron Gustav Schiefler (1857–1935). Verso inscribed by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: “Dear Director, here is M. Pechstein’s address: Wilmersdorf, Durlacher Str. 14. Whether I will come to Berlin is still very uncertain; and the decision would likely come very suddenly. But I will certainly find you in B. With regards to your wife and family, and to you, sincerely. S-R.” [CH].
• Dynamic lines and bold colors: an Expressionist masterpiece in miniature format.
• One of the painted postcards that Schmidt-Rottluff sent to friends and colleagues throughout his life.
• A personal, artistic, and art-historical testament from the heyday of the “Brücke” group (1905–1913).
• Outstanding provenance: The postcard to Gustav Schiefler remained in the family’s possession until 2011.
• Schiefler was a passive member of the “Brücke” artists’ association beginning in 1906 and played an important role for the young artists at that time as a collector, critic, and patron.
The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Collection of Gustav Schiefler (1857–1935), Hamburg (directly from the artist).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (inherited from the above)
Galerie Ludorff, Düsseldorf (purchased from the above in 2011)
Private collection, Southern Germany (purchased from the above in 2011)
In the family’s possession ever since.
LITERATURE: Gerhard Scheck, Postkarten an Gustav Schiefler, Hamburg 1976, p. 206 (with ill.).
Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Zeichnungen auf Postkarten, Cologne 2010, cat. no. 17.
