Asta: 457 / Modern Art II del 07 dicembre 2017 a Monaco di Baviera Lot 27

 

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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Frau am Klavier, 1923.
xilografia
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Frau am Klavier. 1923.
Woodcut.
Schapire H 293. Signed, titled and inscribed with the work number "2328". On soft, slightly structured wove paper. 50 x 39.5 cm (19.6 x 15.5 in). Sheet: 69,5 x 55,5 cm ( 27,3 x 21,8 in).
Printed by Fritz Voigt.
Another copy of this sheet is in possession of the MoMA, New York. [EH].
Very rare. This is the first time in 36 years that this woodcut is offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com, artnet.com).

The gestural power of the line comes to the fore again in Schmidt-Rottluff's woodcuts from the 1920s. However, now it is the white line that determines the sheet's composition. In 1922/23 he made several woodcut portraits. The woman on the piano is an exceptional sheet, because of the unusual perspective and the white accentuating lines. The woman's body is hardly defined, the focus is on the face, the hands and the instrument.



27
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Frau am Klavier, 1923.
xilografia
Stima:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,240
Risultato:
€ 8,125 / $ 8,775

( commissione inclusa)