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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff - Brush and India ink
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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Die Katzen, 1913
Brush and India ink
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131
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Die Katzen, 1913
Brush and India ink
Starting bid:
€ 7,200
Estimate:
€ 8,000 - 12,000
End: 07-15-26 16:05:00 Berlin
07-15-26 10:05:00 New York
07-15-26 07:05:00 Los Angeles (29 days, 18h:47m)

Please enter your maximum bid, it will only be used to the extent necessary to beat the next best bid.
Bid plus 34 % buyer's premium (differential taxation without separate VAT statement, sales tax certificate upon request) and droit de suite charge without VAT.
Self pick-up: free of charge,
insured shipping:
within Germany 98,68 €,
within the EU countries 177,95 €,
outside the EU countries on request.


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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
1884 - 1976
Die Katzen. 1913.
Brush and India ink and watercolor.
Signed in pencil in the lower left. On wove paper. 50.2 x 61 cm (19.7 x 24 in), size of sheet.
Includes a photograph of the work, inscribed by the artist on the reverse as “Katzen Pinselzeichnung” and bearing the red stamp “K. Schmidt-Rottluff”. [KA].

• A masterfully spontaneous work from the artist’s best “Brücke” period in Dresden.
• Karl Schmidt-Rottluff masterfully captures the quiet, serene nature of the cat.
• Cats are one of the rare animal motifs in the artist’s oeuvre.
• One of a four-sheet series of ink drawings.

The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin.

PROVENANCE: Since then in family possession.

EXHIBITION: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Graphik, Kunsthandwerk aus Privatsammlungen, Lippische Gesellschaft für Kunst, Lippisches Landesmuseum und Fürstliches Residenzschloß, Detmold, Nov. 5–Dec. 3, 1978, cat. no. 11 (illustrated)
Schmidt-Rottluff. Aquarelle, Farbstiftzeichnungen, Schmuck, Kunstverein im Adam-und-Eva-Haus, Paderborn, 1982.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff zum 100. Geburtstag. List of exhibited works, Schleswig-Holstein State Museum at Gottorf Castle in Schleswig, Reithalle, June 3–August 12, 1984, cat. no. 80 (illustrated).

In good condition. The sheet is slightly creased overall and shows minimal mount staining. There are a few tiny tears and nicks along the edges of the sheet, as well as one professionally restored tear in the paper at the top and bottom center. A few small creases in the upper left and lower right corners of the sheet. A slight crease on the left eye of the lower cat. A few very fine brown spots and tiny studio marks.