Mappenwerk / Portfolio
2. Jahresmappe der Künstlergruppe ”Brücke”. 1907.
Portfolio with a lithograph by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, an etching by Emil Nolde, and a color woodcut by Cuno Amiet.
Sheet: up to 54.1 x 39 cm (21.2 x 15.3 in). [KA].
Includes: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. “Holbeinplatz Dresden”. 1906. Lithograph. Signed and monogrammed in the printing block. On wove paper. 22.6 x 35.7 cm (8.9 x 14.1 in). Sheet: 54.1 x 39 cm (21.2 x 15.3 in).
Emil Nolde. “Akt”. 1906. Etching. Signed, dated, and bearing the printer’s mark. On laid paper by van Gelder Zonen (with watermark). 19.3 x 14.8 cm (7.6 x 5.8 in). Sheet: 54.1 x 38 cm (21.3 x 15 in).
Cuno Amiet. “Giovanni Giacometti Reading.” 1907. Color woodcut. Signed and monogrammed in the printing block. On Japan paper. 26.9 x 23.7 cm (10.6 x 9.3 in). Paper: 53.7 x 38.7 cm (21.1 x 15.2 in).
Without the sheet by Akseli Gallén-Kallela.

• A particularly diverse selection from the annual gifts of the “Brücke” artists’ group.
• With these three works, Nolde, Schmidt-Rottluff, and Amiet impressively demonstrate the multifaceted expressive potential within the artists’ group.

PROVENANCE: Wolfgang Wittrock Kunsthandel, Düsseldorf.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1993,
with the collector’s stamp Lugt 6032).
Olbricht Collection, Essen/Berlin (acquired from the above).

EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holstein State Museum, Gottorf Castle, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995–2001).
Moritzburg Art Museum, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001–2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017–2022).

LITERATURE: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, CR no. L 8 (with black-and-white illustrations, plate volume).
Gustav Schiefler, Christel Mosel, Martin Urban, Emil Nolde. Das graphische Werk, vol. I: Die Radierungen, Cologne 1995, CR no. R 34 II (of II), with b&w ill.
Carl von Mandach, Cuno Amiet. Das graphische Werk 1939–1966, Haag, Upper Bavaria 1982, CR no. 25.
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Gerhart Söhn (ed.), Handbuch der Original-Graphik in deutschen Zeitschriften, Mappenwerken, Kunstbüchern und Katalogen (HDO) 1890–1933, vol. II, Düsseldorf 1990, no. 212-1 (Amiet), 212-3 (Schmidt-Rottluff), 212-4 (Nolde), likely different copies in each case.
Hans Bolliger, E. W. Kornfeld, Exhibition: Künstlergruppe Brücke. Annual Portfolios 1906–1912, Bern 1958, p. 14, nos. 6, 8–9 (different copy).
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Stuttgart 1995, pp. 103–104, SHG nos. 46–48.
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory Catalog of the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 34, SHG no. 38; pp. 376–377, SHG no. 834; p. 40, SHG no. 883.

In good condition.
The lithograph “Holbeinplatz Dresden” by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff shows a few faint handling marks along the lower and upper edges of the sheet, as well as isolated, tiny brown spots.
The etching “Akt” by Emil Nolde has isolated, tiny brown spots.
The color woodcut “Giovanni Giacometti Reading” by Cuno Amiet shows a slight irregularity in the paper’s coloration along the left edge of the sheet. The sheet is slightly creased in places and has a minimal, barely visible crease mark in the upper right corner.