Freundinnen. 1915.
Woodcut.
Signed and inscribed with the work number "1513". On off-white laid paper. 25 x 18 cm (9.8 x 7 in). Sheet: 49,7 x 33,4 cm (19,9 x 13,2 in).
[JS].
• Rare. Only two other copies of this woodcut have been offered on the international art market to date (source:
• A further copy is in the collection of the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main..

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

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-Rottluffs graphisches Werk bis 1923, Berlin 1924, no. 170 (illu., different copy).
Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Die Maler der Brücke. Sammlung Hermann Gerlinger, Stuttgart 1995, p. 373, SHG no. 626 (illu.).
Hermann Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Die Maler der Brücke. Inventory catalog Hermann Gerlinger Collection, Halle (Saale) 2005, p. , SHG no. 139 (illu.).

In good condition. With isolated faint wrinkles and creases in the margins, as well as slightly browned in the outermost margins. With isolated faint fingerprints in the broad margin.