Spiralförmiger Silberarmreif. 1920s.
Silver bracelet, spiral-twisted and bolted, linked by loops.
Wietek 453. With the signature stamp on the inside. Diameter: 6.8 cm (2.6 in).
[SM].
• Probably also worn by Emy Schmidt-Rottluff.
• Schmidt-Rottluff's jewelry was made with the same feel for material, craft and color as was his art in general.
• Mentioned in the catalog raisonné of paintings.

PROVENANCE: Artist's estate.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg.

EXHIBITION: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Das nachgelassene Werk seit den 20er Jahren. Malerei, Plastik, Kunsthandwerk, Brücke-Museum Berlin, August 20, 1977 - January 15, 1978, cat. no. 168.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Aquarelle, Farbstiftzeichnungen, Schmuck, Kunstverein Paderborn, 1982, cat.no. 23.
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. 40.
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Will Grohmann, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, 1956, p. 244
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 407, SHG no. 723 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 109, SHG no. 245 (with illu.).

In good condition. Silver minimally oxidized and with whitish residue.