Fischerbucht mit Reusenstangen. Ca. 1940/1942.
Colored chalk over ink pen and watercolor.
Signed in lower right. On firm wove paper. 26 x 40 cm (10.2 x 15.7 in), the full sheet. [AM].

• The powerful ink pen drawing and the dynamic use of the color chalks add a striking presence to this depiction.
• The sparse use of watercolors makes for the special appeal of this high-contrast work.
• Comparably expressive and modern works by the artist are very rare on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).

The work is documented in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation, Berlin.

PROVENANCE: Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032).

EXHIBITION: Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig (permanet loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 1995-2001).
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle an der Saale (permanet loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2001-2017).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanet loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE: Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, pp. 418-419, SHG no. 752 (with illu. on p. 418).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 120, SHG no. 272 (with illu.).
Buchheim Museum (ed.), Brückenschlag: Gerlinger - Buchheim! Museumsführer durch die "Brücke"-Sammlungen von Hermann Gerlinger und Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Feldafing 2017, p. 430 (with illu. on p. 431).

In very good condition.