$22,515
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884-1976) Hayfield with Storm Clouds Signed "S. Rottluff" l.r., identified on a loan label from Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, affixed to the backing. Watercolor on Centaur paper, sheet size 19 3/4 x 28 7/16 in. (50.2 x 72.2 cm), framed. Condition: Paper tape hinged to backing matboard, subtle mat burn, subtle skinning verso. Literature: 20th Century Germanic Art from Private Collections in Greater Boston, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, March 23 to May 1, 1961 [exh. cat.]. Exhibitions: Modern German Sculpture, Painting and Industrial Art, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, June 18 to August 22, 1958 (lent by Selma H. and Irving M. Sobin), loan no.118.58; 20th Century Germanic Art from Private Collections in Greater Boston, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, March 23 to May 1, 1961 (lent by Selma H. and Irving M. Sobin), loan no. 49.61. Provenance: Anthony's, Johannesburg, South Africa; collection of Selma H. and Irving M. Sobin, Boston; by family descent to a private New England collection. N.B. Schmidt-Rottluff was a founding member of "Die Brücke", a group which sought to express "faith in the future, the strength of youth, the value of directness and authenticity, and the rejection of the older forces of the establishment" through art. (1) Though this group was active only from 1905 to 1911, the radical, anti-academic model they championed helped to bring Exp
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-05-20