Zwei Frauen in den Dünen. 1924.
Drypoint.
Signed and incribed with the work number "246". On creme wove paper. 19.6 x 24.7 cm (7.7 x 9.7 in). Sheet: 37 x 52,9 cm (14,6 x 20,8 in).
[JS].

• Atmospheric landscape composition with a rising moon.
• Outstanding example of Schmidt-Rottluff's mastery as a printmaker: fascinating symbiosis of contour, surface and light-dark contrast.
• Rarity. First print of this etching on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).

PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp on the reverse. Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Ernest Rathenau, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Das graphische Werk seit 1923, Berlin/Hamburg 1964, no. 51.
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Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 104, SHG no. 226 (illu.).

In good condition. Two small brown spots in the upper margin and slight creases in the upper corners.