Bildnis Niemeyer. 1922.
Woodcut.
Signed and ewoith the work number "223". Bottom margin inscribed and numbered. On firm wove paper. 50.2 x 39.5 cm (19.7 x 15.5 in). Sheet: 70 x 55,2 cm (27,5 x 21,7 in).
Printed by Fritz Voigt, Berlin. [KT].

PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, 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] reprint New York 1987, no. H 270 (illu. in black and white, plate vol.).
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Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 400, SHG no. 696 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 100, SHG no. 210 (illu.).

The sitter is Dr. Wilhelm Niemeyer (1874-1960), art historian, writer and one of the most important supporters of modern art in Germany. The depiction can also be found in a painting by Schmidt-Rottluff from 1921/22 (tow lost). The tie pin is a piece of jewelry designed by Schmidt-Rottluff, as can be seen in a photo from 1913 (cf. Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Zeichnungen auf Postkarten, Cologne 2015, pp. 427ff.).

In good condition. Barely noticeable light staining. Isolated tiny spots. Creased and with smoothed creases in the margins as well as with single professionally closed small tears, especially in the edges.