Große Strohfeime. 1959.
Watercolor.
Signed in the lower left and inscribed with the work number "5969" in the lower center. Dated and titled on the reverse. On firm wove paper. 49.5 x 69.5 cm (19.4 x 27.3 in), the full sheet.
[AR].

• The year the work was made, Schmidt-Rottluff devoted himself to watercolor with boundless creative energy.
• Highly stylized landscape depiction of great luminosity and clarity.
• Exemplary work with the characteristic combination of black contour lines and mosaic-like color fields.
• Offered on the international auction market for the first time (source: artprice.com).

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

PROVENANCE: Private collection Northern Germany.