Live Auction 7564Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976)
Lot 544

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976)

Zwei Frauen (Frau und Mädchen)

Closed5 February 2008

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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976)
Zwei Frauen (Frau und Mädchen)
signed 'SRottluff' (upper left); inscribed 'Zwei Frauen Frau und Mädchen' (on the reverse)
watercolour, brush and ink and pencil on paper
20 x 26½ in. (50.6 x 68 cm.)
Executed in 1932

Galerie Brinke & Riemenschneider, Hamburg, by whom acquired directly from the artist.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

To the left is Emy Schmidt-Rottluff, the painter's wife. Next to her is Gudrun Peters, the eldest daughter Dr Victor Peters, who was one of Schmidt-Rottluff's early patrons. Gundrun probably visited the painter and his wife in 1932. Another portrait of Gudrun was executed the same year.