Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff 1884 - 1976 Der rote Stuhl. 1951. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right. Once more signed, titled and inscribed with the work number "516", as well as "gewachst" on the reverse of the stretcher. 101 x 76.2 cm (39.7 x 30 in). [AR]. • MODERN An exceptionally modern composition featuring bold color contrasts and an unusual perspective. • STUDIO Created in the “Blue House” in the Taunus Mountains, Schmidt-Rottluff’s artistic retreat after World War II. • SYMBOL The empty chair as a silent symbol of human presence—a rare motif in the artist’s work. • BEITZ COLLECTION From the significant collection of Krupp manager and art patron Berthold Beitz. • EXHIBITED Presented in several major exhibitions during the artist’s lifetime. The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin. PROVENANCE: Berthold and Else Beitz Collection (directly from the artist). Private collection Northern Germany (inherited from the above). Dietmar Manke Collection, Schleswig-Holstein (since 2022, Ketterer Kunst). EXHIBITION: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, April 8 - May 11, 1952, cat. no. 36. Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Neue Werke - Gemälde, Tuschblätter, Graphik, Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Cologne, May 1953, cat. no. 5 (with illu., with the label on the reverse). Karl Schmidt-Rottluff zum 70. Geburtstag. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik, Skulpturen, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, June 20 - July 25, 1954, cat. no. 56. Karl Schmidt-Rottluff zum 70. Geburtstag, Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, September 20 - October 10, 1954, cat. no. 92. Fränkische Galerie, Nuremberg, 1954, cat. no. 74. Städtische Galerie, Duisburg, 1955, cat. no. 47. LITERATURE: Will Grohmann, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Stuttgart 1956, pp. 233/306 (illustrated in black and white). - - Ketterer Kunst, Munich, auction 533, Modern Art Day Sale and Hermann Gerlinger Collection, December 10, 2022, lot 512 (illustrated in color). "I think most paintings are about procedures; I always wanted to show the being and the calm and quiet life of the things." Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, 1960, quoted from: Hans Kinkel, Das stille Leben der Dinge, in: Gunther Thiem (ed.), Schmidt-Rottluff. Retrospektive, Munich 1989, pp. 69-70 Called up: December 4, 2026 - ca. 18.34 h +/- 20 min.

Estimate:$133,783.08

View all items fromKetterer Kunst GmbH & Co KGorArts & Graphics