Dunes and Pier (Dunen und Mole)

1917

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Associated Names
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Artist, German, 1884 - 1976

The image depicts a rural scene with rolling hills in the background, simplistic houses on the horizon, and angular pathways leading into the landscape. The artwork features deliberate, broad brushstrokes in a woodcut technique with a limited blue and black color palette.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black and blue on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 29.2 × 42.2 cm (11 1/2 × 16 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 36.7 × 42.1 cm (14 7/16 × 16 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.17.269

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schapire 1924, Vol. W, no. 195

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1954

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

1965

  • Dedicatory Art Exhibition for the William Cooper Procter Art Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 1965, no. 32.

1985

  • Landscape Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985, no cat.

Bibliography

1924

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

Inscriptions

"gedr. F. Voigt" lower left plate, graphite. "S Rottluff" lower right plate, graphite. "30 CEA" lower right margin, graphite. "N0 103 Till" verso, lower left margin, graphite.

Wikidata ID

Q65360988

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