Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976)
Lot 397 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR WILHELM NIEMEYER, HAMBURG

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976)

Two Wooden Boxes and a Pillowcase

Closed19 June 2019

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GBP 10,625

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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976)
Two Wooden Boxes and a Pillowcase
each box signed 'S. Rottluff’ (underneath)
two carved, gesso-prepared pinewood boxes with ornamental relief, painted in oil and gouache; a cotton appliqué pillowcase
Boxes: 7 7/8 x 4 ¾ x 3 7/8 in. (20 x 12 x 9.8 cm.); 4 ¾ x 9 ½ x 5 3/8 in. (12 x 24 x 13.8 cm.)
Pillowcase: 20 ½ x 13 in. (52 x 33 cm.)
All executed circa 1910-1911
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Dr Wilhelm Niemeyer, Hamburg, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

In 1914 Wilhelm Niemeyer wrote to Karl Ernst Osthaus, founder of the Museum Folkwang in Hagen: "The thoughts of the artist are most purely expressed in his painted boxes, of which I have two, and chests. These are very precious to me." (Wietek, ibid., p. 528)