Silberring mit rundem Feuerstein. Um 1912.
Silver sheet, cut and bent, flintstone.
Diameter of the ringhead 3.2 cm (1.2 in). Diameter hoop 2,5 cm (0,9 in).
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• The materiality of the stones, their strength and durability, exerted a great fascination on the artist.
• Of the "Brücke" members, Schmidt-Rottluff created the most extensive work of jewelry.
• His creations are extremely diverse, each piece is individually designed.

PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg.

EXHIBITION: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Das nachgelassene Werk seit den 20er Jahren. Malerei, Plastik, Kunsthandwerk, Brücke-Museum Berlin, August 20, 1977 - January 15, 1978, cat. no. 178.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Aquarelle, Farbstiftzeichnungen, Schmuck, Kunstverein Paderborn, 1982, cat. no. 38.
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).
Nur für ihre Frauen. Schmuck von Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Emil Nolde, Erich Heckel und Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Stiftung Moritzburg, Kunstmuseum des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle (Saale), October 26, 2003 - January 11, 2004, cat. no. 31 (color illu., dated 1920s).
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. 182 (color illu.).

LITERATURE: Gerhard Wietek, Schmidt-Rottluff. Plastik und Kunsthandwerk. Catalogue raisonné, Munich 2001, no. 470 (illu.).
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Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, pp. 229f., SHG no. 317 (color illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 60, SHG no. 104 (color illu.).

In good condition. The silver slightly tarnished.