Selbstporträt II. 1968.
Watercolor and ink brush.
Signed in lower right and dated on the reverse. On wove paper. 70 x 50 cm (27.5 x 19.6 in), the full sheet. [CH].


• Large-format, elaborate and expressive self-portrait of the great German Expressionist.
• In 1989 part of the comprehensive retrospective at the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, and at the Kunsthalle Bremen.
• The artist showcases his great mastery in a work with the characteristic strong contours, the accomplished play of light and shadow and the apt facial features captured with dynamic ease.

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: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Retrospektive, Kunsthalle Bremen, June 16 - September 10, 1989; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, September 27 - December 3, 1989, p. 290, cat.no. 349 (illu.).
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. 435, SHG no. 786 (illu. in colors).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 137, SHG no. 308 (illu. in colors).