Gliederhalskette aus Silber. 1920s.
Fourteen wrought Silverplates with quadrupke chasing with irregular margins and two functioning clasps connected by loops.
Wietek 425. With the signature stamp "S. Rottluff" on the clasp. Length: 41 cm (16.1 in). Each silver plate 1,2 x 1,8 cm (0,4 x 0,7 in).
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• Worn by the artist's wife, as a picture of her from 1936 proves.
• Each piece of jewelry is a unique piece that underlines the wearer's indiduality.
• Mostly intended as presents for certain people, Schmidt-Rottluff sold only a few of them.

PROVENANCE: Emy Schmidt-Rottluff.
From the artist's estate.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg.

EXHIBITION: 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. 406, SHG no. 717 (with illu.).
Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Werkverzeichnis der Plastik und des Kunsthandwerks, Munich 2001, catalogue raisonné no. 425 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 108, SHG no. 241 (with illu.).

In good condition. Silver slightly tarnished, clasp functioning.