Selbstbildnis I. 1913.
Woodcut.
Schapire H 128. Signed, dated and inscribed with the work number "1331". Inscribed "No. 38" on the reverse by a hand other thna that of the artist. On Ingres laid paper (with the watermark). 45 x 35.8 cm (17.7 x 14 in). Sheet: 61,5 x 47,5 cm (24,2 x 18,7 in).
[CH].
• Printed by the artist himself.
• Striking self-portrait from the last "Brücke" year.
• Only one other copy of this woodcut has been offered on the international auction market in the past 30 years (source: artprice.com).
• Self-portraits are very rare not only in the graphic oeuvre, but in Karl Schmidt-Rottluff's entire artistic oeuvre.

PROVENANCE: Graphisches Kabinett, Bremen.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1990, with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032)).

EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001).
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)
Schmidt-Rottluff. Form, Farbe, Ausdruck!, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, September 29, 2018 - February 3, 2019, p. 202 (illu.).

LITERATURE: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, no. 128 (illu., plate vol.).
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 368, SHG no. 610 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 68, SHG no. 122 (illu.).

In good condition. Small creases in the broad margin.