A Road with a Castle and Houses in Rocky Mountains (Straße mit Burg und Häusern in felsigem Gebirge)

1926

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Associated Names
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Artist, German, 1884 - 1976

unidentified

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The image displays a landscape viewed from an elevated perspective, showing a valley between steep cliffs. A fortress structure is visible on a vivid, pinkish-red mountain against a dark sky with swirling, abstract clouds depicted in white brushstrokes. The terrain closer to the viewer consists of deep green cliffs with white linear detailing, creating a bold and angular texture. The color palette contrasts dark tones of the sky with vibrant hues of the mountain and cliffs, adding depth to the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 80.2 × 57 cm (31 9/16 × 22 7/16 in.)
    block: 60 × 49.5 cm (23 5/8 × 19 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.151

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schapire 1924, Vol. W, no. 20, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christie's, London, June 29, 1990, lot 1032); (via Hom Gallery, Washington, D.C.); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; Gift to NGA, 2012.

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Exhibition History

2014

  • Modern German Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014.

2024

  • The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2024.

Bibliography

1924

  • Schapire, Rosa. Karl Schmidt-Rottluffs graphische Werk bis 1923. Berlin: Euphorion-Verlag, 1924, no. 20, only

Inscriptions

below image, at right, in graphite: S Rottluff; below image, at left, in graphite: 26T; lower left sheet, in graphite: Straße mit Berg und Häusern in felsigem Gebirge, 1926, Ratheram 20 b (vow b); verso, stamp in black ink: RC

Wikidata ID

Q76555639

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