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Lot 163 D

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff - Achilleastengel

Auction 1201 - overview Cologne
02.06.2022, 11:00 - Day Sale - Modern Art
Estimate: 18.000 € - 22.000 €
Result: 25.200 € (incl. premium)

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Achilleastengel
1968

Watercolour and brush and India ink on watercolour laid paper. 64.5 x 47.5 cm. Framed under glass. Signed 'SRottluff' lower right in black, inscribed with work number '6815' lower left in pencil. Verso dated '68', titled '- Akeleiastengel -' and inscribed with the number '69/63' [sic] in green. - Very good condition with fresh colours.

Certificate

The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation. We would like to thank Christiane Remm for additional information.

Provenance

Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf (gallery label on frame backing), acquired there in 1975; Collection Dr and Mrs Jansen, North Rhine-Westphalia; thenceforth family property

Exhibitions

Berlin 1969/1970 (Brücke-Museum), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. 30 Aquarelle der sechziger Jahre aus dem Besitz des Künstlers, cat. no. 25; Düsseldorf 1973/1974 (Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig), Ausstellungs- und Angebotskatalog Deutscher und Französischer Kunstwerke des 20. Jahrhunderts. Gemälde - Plastik - Aquarelle - Handzeichnungen, p. 31 with colour illus.