Holsteinische Landschaft II. 1920.
Drypoint.
Signed and inscribed with the work number "202" "Kaltnadel". On firm copper plate printing paper. 17.3 x 23.3 cm (6.8 x 9.1 in). Sheet: 30 x 39,7 cm (11,8 x 15,7 in).
[JS].

• Rare. Only five other copies of this etching have been offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• Expressive landscape of radically reduced aesthetics.
• From the important Expressionist collection of Gustav Schiefler, the first author of the catalogue raisonné of prints by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Emil Node and Edvard Munch.

PROVENANCE: Gustav Schiefler Collection, Hamburg.
Galerie Wittrock, Berlin (aus dem Nachlass des Vorgenannten).
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1986).

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: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, [Berlin 1924] Nachdruck New York 1987, no. R 23.
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Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 392, SHG no. 679 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 92, SHG no. 193 (illu.).

In good condition. Some minor traces of printing, color and rubbing along the edges.