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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Rottluff 1884 – 1976 Berlin

Red peonies. In the late 1920s

Watercolour on textured paper. 48,6 × 68,7 cm (19 ⅛ × 27 in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Red peonies. In the late 1920s.

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This picture shows the following artwork: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Red peonies. In the late 1920s.
This picture shows the following artwork: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Red peonies. In the late 1920s.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Red peonies. In the late 1920s.
This picture shows the following artwork: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Red peonies. In the late 1920s.

Background:

This picture shows the following artwork: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Red peonies. In the late 1920s.

Estimate:

EUR 20,000

 

- 30,000

USD 23,500

 

- 35,300

Sold for:

50,800 EUR (incl. premium)

Auction 370

Thursday, November 27th 2025, 2:00 PM

Information

Watercolour on textured paper. 48,6 × 68,7 cm (19 ⅛ × 27 in.). Signed in pen and black ink lower right: SRottluff. The watercolour is registered in the archive of the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Stiftung, Berlin. [3102]

We would like to thank Christiane Remm, Berlin, for kindly providing additional information.

Walter Bauer, Fulda (acquired 1958 at Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, thence by descent to the present owner)

Deutsche Zeichenkunst aus zwei Jahrhunderten. 1760 bis 1960. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik aus der Sammlung W.B. Karlsruhe, Staatliche Kunsthalle, 1967, cat no. 120

Ketterer, Auktion 31: Moderne Kunst. Stuttgart, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, 1958, 21.5.1958, cat. no. 980, ill. pt. 43