Häuser im Tessin. 1928/29.
Watercolor and ink brush.
Signed in lower left. On slightly structured wove paper. 59.5 x 46 cm (23.4 x 18.1 in), the full sheet. [CH].

• Between 1927 and 1929, Schmidt-Rottluff traveled to the Ticino several times and found inspiration for his vibrant watercolors in the mountainous landscape.
• The artist depicts the idyllic village and the view over Lake Lugano from an elevated vantage point.
• He dissolves the scenery into reduced forms and high-contrast, at times bold and then again delicately washed fields of color.

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

PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (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).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 411, SHG no. 735 (illu. in colors).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, pp. 112f., SHG no. 251 (illu. in colors).