Name: KARL SCHMIDT-ROTTLUFF (1884-1976)
Brand: Chanterelles
Price: 2800.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

KARL SCHMIDT-ROTTLUFF (1884-1976)
Chanterelles
signed with the initials 'S-R' (on the reverse)
coloured pencil, pen and brush and India ink on paper
4¹⁄₈ x 5⁷⁄₈ in. (10.3 x 15 cm.)
Executed circa 1931

Alfred & Thekla Hess, Erfurt, a gift from the artist.
Henry Roland, London, by 1976 and until at least 1979.
Anonymous sale, Neumeister, Munich, 14 November 1997, lot 8.
Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London.
Acquired from the above by the late owner on 9 July 1998.

G. Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Zeichnungen auf Postkarten, Cologne, 2010, no. 214, pp. 608-611 (illustrated p. 609).

London, Camden Arts Centre, The Roland Collection, September - October 1976, no. 117.
Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council, Eighty Works from the Roland Collection, November - December 1976, no. 58.
London, Courtauld Institute Galleries, Works from the Roland Collection: An Arts Council Exhibition, March - May 1979, no. 42.

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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff sent the present work as a postcard to Thekla Hess, wife of Alfred Hess, the Erfurt shoe manufacturer and patron of the Brücke artists. The letter on the reverse reads:

‘Dearest Frau Hess, is there a ray of hope? I have the feeling capitalism is in for violent Harakiri. Even though I am only a spectator, I can’t help thinking it is rather rash. How are you doing? The Hess company has introduced a second price range – certainly a smart move. We all but swam off these past few days [because of the rain] – simply crazy – but now there are mushrooms. Best regards to Hans Hess, Yours S-R. With very best wishes too, yours Emy S-Rottluff.’

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