Pfifferlinge. Um 1939.
Watercolor and India ink.
Lower right monogrammed. On cardboard. 18 x 18 cm (7 x 7 in).
[SM].
• Schmidt-Rottluff creates an expressive small composition in extreme close-up and through the reduction of form.
• A charming combination of watercolor and ink technique in the artist's unique signature style.

PROVENANCE: Artist's family.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired from the above in 1988, with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 6032).

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: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, pp. 414/415, SHG no. 744 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 118, SHG no. 265 (illu.).

In good condition.