Brosche mit zwei Steinen. 1911/12.
Silver sheet, cut, wrought with hammer and peen, rough fire opal (with remains of bedrock (matrix) and with turquoise, claw fitting, riveted, with a clip on the reverse.
Wietek 367. Bottom center with signature stamp. 5.4 x 7.7 cm (2.1 x 3 in).
[SM].
• Made during the important "Brücke" days.
• Exceptional piece with two very different stones in a leaf-shaped relief.
• Among the "Brücke" artists, Schmidt-Rottluff created the largest and most versatile jewelry œuvre.

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. 160.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Aquarelle, Farbstiftzeichnungen, Schmuck, Kunstverein Paderborn, 1982, cat. no. 20.
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, Ocotber 26, 2003 - January 11, 2004, no. 8 (with illu.).
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, pp. 230ff, SHG no. 327 (with illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. 59, SHG no. 98 (with illu.).

In good condition. Silver sheet minimally oxidized.