Selbstporträt. Wohl 1960/65.
Color chalks over India Ink.
Signed in lower right. Titled and inscribed "72/21" on the reverse. On laid paper. 54 x 40 cm (21.2 x 15.7 in), size of sheet.
The inscription "72/21" on the reverse is not a date but presumably a number the artist put on the work when it left his studio. [AM].
• A characterful self-portrait by the famous "Brücke“ artist.
• Expressive sheet from the artist's late creative period.
• For the first time offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).

The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation Berlin.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Neher, Essen.
Private collection Southern Germany.

In good condition. Lower left corner with a pale yellowish discoloration.