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Christus Unter Den Frauen / Christ Among The Women

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Sylvan Cole Gallery Spain

Artwork details

Artist

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Title

Christus Unter Den Frauen / Christ Among The Women

Description

Schmidt-Rottluff executed this woodcut in 1919, but never printed it. The block was rediscovered and printed in 1964.

AN OUTSTANDING PROOF ON EXTREMELY FINE JAPANESE LAID PAPER.

Signed by the artist.

In perfect condition.

Date

1919

Medium

Woodcut

Edition

Signature

Signed

Catalogue Raisonne

Schapire add. 85 / Rathenau 85

Image

39.5 x 50 cm

Sheet

52.5 x 66.5 cm

Status

Sold

The Artist

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

German painter and printmaker Karl Schmidt-Rottluff was born in Rottluff, now known as Chemnitz in December 1884 and was famed for his expressionist landscapes and nudes. He started his academic life by studying architecture, but, after meeting some other artists (Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Fritz Bleyl), he became one of the founders of expressionist art group Die Brücke (The Bridge). He served in the army 1915-1918, moving afterwards to Berlin, where he met his wife, Emy Frisch and settled for the remainder of his life.