Kopf mit Halskette. 1914.
Woodcut.
Signed and dated. Titled, dated and numbered in bottom margin. On firm wove paper. 36 x 29.4 cm (14.1 x 11.5 in). Sheet: 46,7 x 36,3 cm (18,3 x 14,2 in).
Printed and published by Pan-Presse, Berlin. [KT].

• Expressive, full-page portrait of a woman.
• Special detail: the exotic necklace is reminiscent of Schmidt-Rottluff's own jewelry.
• A reference to a necklace worn by the friend and patron Rosa Schapire, which consisted of six long, dangling teeth.

PROVENANCE:
Kunstkabinett Klihm, Munich (with a note on the reverse).
Art trader Wolfgang Werner, Bremen.
Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Würzburg (with the collector's stamp, Lugt 6032, acquired from the above in 1984).

EXHIBITION:
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).
Buchheim Museum, Bernried (permanent loan from the Hermann Gerlinger Collection, 2017-2022).

LITERATURE:
Rosa Schapire, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Graphisches Werk bis 1923, [Berlin 1924] reprint New York 1987, no. H 131 (illu. i n black and white, plate vol.)

Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, pp. 368f., SHG no. 612 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, pp. 68f., SHG no. 124 (illu.).

In good condition. Minimal mount staining. Isolated faint tiny brown spots in the margins. Smoothed faint creases in the upper right corner and in the center of the right edge, not affecting the image.