Silberner Anhänger mit Bernstein. Um 1912.
Silversheet, cut and chiseled. The stone is set by the claws bent downwards and upwards, cut strap tab as suspension.
Rear with signature stamp "S. Rottluff". 4.5 x 3.3 x 1.3 cm (1.7 x 1.2 x 0.5 in). Size of the stone: 1,9 x 1,4 cm (0,7 x 0,5 in).
Schmidt-Rottluff received a pendant with amber from the estate of Rosa Schapire. According to Wietek, however, there is no clear evidence that it is the present example. [AR].

• Created during the important "Brücke" period.
• Probably one of the gems that Schmidt-Rottluff received back from Rosa Schapire's estate.

PROVENANCE: Rosa Schapire, Hamburg.
Artist's estate (presumably reobtained after Schapire's death in 1954).
Artist's estate.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg.

EXHIBITION: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, June 1925 (no cat.).
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff-Gemälde: Aquarelle, Grafik, Bernstein, Kunstsammlungen der Stadt Königsberg/Kunstverein Königsberg, Königsberg (today Kaliningrad) 1928, cat. no. 65, 66.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Das nachgelassene Werk seit den 20er Jahren. Malerei, Plastik, Kunsthandwerk, Brücke-Museum Berlin, August 20, 1977 - January 15, 1978, cat. no. 152.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Aquarelle, Farbstiftzeichnungen, Schmuck, Kunstverein Paderborn, 1982, cat. no. 12.
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).
Nur für ihre Frauen. Schmuck von Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Emil Nolde, Erich Heckel und Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Stiftung Moritzburg, Kunstmuseum des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle (Saale), October 26, 2003 - January 11, 2004, cat. no. 10 (color illu).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022)
Schmidt-Rottluff. Form, Farbe, Ausdruck!, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, September 29, 2018 - February 3, 2019, p. 182 (color illu.).

LITERATURE: Gerhard Wietek, Schmidt-Rottluff. Plastik und Kunsthandwerk. Catalogue raisonné, Munich 2001, no. 389 (m. illu.).
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Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 408, SHG no. 724 (color illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 60, SHG no. 101 (color illu.).

In good condition. The silver sheet slightly tarnished, the stone slightly rubbed due to the fitting.