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1915

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Associated Names
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Artist, German, 1884 - 1976

The image displays angular shapes and bold lines creating an abstract depiction of two figures sitting opposite each other at a table. The geometric forms and intersecting lines suggest familiar elements such as a lamp overhead and a plant silhouetted behind one figure. The figures, defined by sharp angles and exaggerated facial features, appear to be interacting over the table in a room setting with simplified furniture and objects represented in stark, linear forms.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1950.1.120

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schapire 1924, Vol. W, no. 178


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1950

  • Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions, NGA, 1950, no. 113, repro.

1954

  • German Expressionist Prints and Drawings, American University, Washington, D.C., 1954.

Bibliography

1924

  • Schapire, Rosa. Karl Schmidt-Rottluffs graphische Werk bis 1923. Berlin: Euphorion-Verlag, 1924.

Wikidata ID

Q65080311

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