Lesender Mann. 1922.
Woodcut.
Schapire 274. Verso typographically inscribed. On off-white paper. 28.2 x 19.8 cm (11.1 x 7.7 in). Sheet: 35,4 x 26,3 cm (13,9 x 10,4 in).
Printed from the block in "Genius", issue II, 1922. Block destroyed. [JS].

• Self-portrait of the artist reading a work by Afred Brust (1891-1942).
• Contact between Schmidt-Rottluff and the writer, who is hardly known today, has been documented since 1916 .

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

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 400, SHG no. 697 (illu., p. 414).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 118, SHG no. 266 (illu.).

In good condition. Left edge of sheet with the remains of glue from the binding of the "Genius". A horizontal crease running through the center of the right margin. Slightly browned.