Fischerhäuser. 1920.
Etching.
Signed and inscribed with the work number "206". On wove paper. 17 x 23.3 cm (6.6 x 9.1 in). Sheet: 27,7 x 37,6 cm (10,7 x 14,8 in).
The work is registered in the Hermann Gerlinger Collection as SHG 193a. [AR].

• In the year the work was made, Schmidt-Rottluff visited the fishing village of Jershöft in Pomerania for the first time and would return regularly until 1931.
• The etching reflects his impressions in a reduced form and intuitive execution.
• It is extremely rare for a copy of this etching to be offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
• Another copy is in the collection of the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main.

PROVENANCE: Wilhelm Niemeyer Collecion, Hamburg.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (acquired in 2011: Bassenge, with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032)).

EXHIBITION: 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. 240 (illu.).

LITERATURE: Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, no. R 27 (black-and-white illu., plate vol.).
Bassenge, Berlin, auction 98, November 26, 2011, lot 8284.

In good condition. The margins slightly irregularly trimmed.