Mutter. 1916.
Woodcut.
Schapire 194. Signed. On light off-white J.W. Zanders laid paper (with watermark). 37 x 30.6 cm (14.5 x 12 in). Sheet: 61,5 x 50,7 cm (24,3 x 19,8 in).
Printed by Fritz Voigt. From the Neumann portfolio: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. 10 Holzschnitte, Verlag Graphisches Kabinett J.B. Neumann, Berlin 1919. [EH].
• Schmidt-Rottluff also chose this sheet for the I.B.Neumann portfolio as one of his 10 most important woodcuts.
• In the woodcut technique Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff time and again delivered proof of his clear formal language.
• Other copies of this woodcut can be found in the Städel Museum Frankfurt, the Brücke Museum Berlin, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Stuttgart 1995.
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, SHG no. 146, p. 75 (fig.).

In good condition. The margins minimally creased, slightly wavy and with very few scattered brown spots. [EH]