Küstenlandschaft. 1921.
Chalk drawing.
Lower left signed and dated, upper right inscribed with a personal dedication. On off-white machine-made paper. 40.5 x 49.3 cm (15.9 x 19.4 in), the full sheet.
[EH].
• Dedicated to the acclaimed art collector Ernst Beyersdorff.
• Ernst Beyersdorff (1885–1952), jurist and founder of the "Vereinigung für junge Kunst", was one of Schmidt-Rottluff's first collectors.
• Passive "Brücke" member since 1909.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Ernst Beyersdorff, Oldenburg (obtained directly from the artist).
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Die Schwarzblätter, Ausstellung zum 90. Geburtstag, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Graphische Sammlung, December 1, 1974 - Janary 26, 1975, p. 36, cat. no. 32.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Retrospektive, Kunsthalle Bremen, July 16 - September 10, 1989; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, September 27 - December 3, 1989, cat. no. 238.
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. 395, SHG no. 685.
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 94, SHG no. 199.

In good condition. Upper margin with a small, skillfully closed split.