Art (1945-contemporary) > Figurative Painting (40s-60s ) Karl Schmidt-Rottluff - Biography
Zwei weiße Chrysanthemen. 1970.
Chalks and Brush and India ink drawing.
Signed in the lower left. Dated and titled by a hand other than that of the artist on the reverse. On laid paper. 54 x 40 cm (21.2 x 15.7 in), the full sheet.
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• In Schmidt-Rottluff's late work, still lifes play a central role; the artist increasingly turns to objects he finds in his immediate surroundings.
• Powerful graphic expression, to which the delicate colors are subordinate.
• In a private collection for more than 40 years.
The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin (1976-1981, B 1026, with the estate stamp on the reverse).
Private collection, Rhineland (acquired in from the above in 1981).
In good to very good condition. Small handling marks, very isolated tiny foxing spots.
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