Boats at Sea

1913

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Associated Names
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Artist, German, 1884 - 1976

The image consists of bold, black lines and shapes arranged in an abstract composition. At the top, there are connected arches, resembling mountains or waves, alongside horizontal and diagonal lines suggesting depth and motion. Below, zigzag lines run horizontally, suggesting distant hills or torn paper edges. The overall layout evokes natural landscapes viewed in a fragmented manner.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.8 × 27 cm (7 13/16 × 10 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 34.8 × 45.3 cm (13 11/16 × 17 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.464

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schapire 1924, Vol. W, no. 103, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 6, 2009; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1924

  • Schapire, Rosa. Karl Schmidt-Rottluffs graphische Werk bis 1923. Berlin: Euphorion-Verlag, 1924, no. 103, only

Inscriptions

below image, in graphite, at right: K. Rottluff 1913; in image, at bottom left: K Rottluff

Wikidata ID

Q76556979

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