167 - SCHMIDT-ROTTLUFF, KARL

SCHMIDT-ROTTLUFF, KARL 1884 Rottluff–1976 Berlin Title: Narrow stone head, pointed at both ends. Date: 1940–1945. Technique: A light-colored, narrow stone (boulder) with a face carved into it. Dimensions: 9.5 x 3 x 3 cm. Notation: Monogrammed (engraved) on the reverse, center: S-R (circled). Apart from this work, only two other stone objects by the artist are known to exist, which were probably inscribed with a signature at the request of the recipients (see Lot 166). We are grateful to Ms. Christiane Remm of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation at the Brücke Museum in Berlin for her kind and scholarly support. The work is registered in the museum’s archive. Provenance: - Maria von Heider-Schweinitz Collection, Frankfurt am Main (directly from the artist) - Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (by inheritance) Bibliography: - Wietek, Gerhard: Schmidt-Rottluff – Sculpture and Applied Art, Catalogue Raisonné, Munich 2001, cat. rais. no. 82, ill. “He also sent her [Maria von Heider-Schweinitz] ‘a little head he had found as a meaningful symbol’ as a birthday gift in a letter dated March 17, 1945.” (Wietek 2001, p. 246). Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Domestic: 18.49 euros plus 3.51 euros VAT EU: 26.89 euros plus 5.11 euros VAT Third country: 54.62 euros plus 10.38 euros VAT Additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to a total invoice amount of 25,000 euros: max. 41.65 euros For a total invoice amount exceeding 25,000 Euros: 1.8 per thousand USA: by individual arrangement after the auction. #Karl Schmidt-Rottluff #Expressionism #Die Brücke #Berlin Secession #Germany #Modern Art #1940s #Sculptures. In accordance with §26 UrhG (German Copyright Act), VAN HAM is obligated to pay a statutory resale royalty on the sale proceeds of all original works of fine art and photography whose authors have not been deceased for 70 years prior to the end of the calendar year of the sale. The buyer shall contribute 1.5% of the hammer price toward this fee.