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Die Brücke: 100th Anniversary Exhibition

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Schiffe Emil Nolde (1867 Nolde - 1956 Seebüll)
SCHIFFE
Woodcut. 1906.
Signed in pencil lower right and dated Emil Nolde 06. Brilliant, deep black impression, on chamois laid paper. Scarce.
Reference: Schiefler/Mosel H 32 III
Size: 297 x 202 mm (364 x 233 mm)
(EN01021)
Polin Emil Nolde (1867 Nolde - 1956 Seebüll)
POLIN
Line and tonal etching and drypoint, printed in blue and black. 1906.
Signed in pencil lower right Emil Nolde and dated 06, signed again by the printed Otto Felsing lower left and numbered 7. From the edition of 20 numbered impressions. On ivory-colored firm sturdy paper watermarked VAN GELDER.
Reference: Schiefler/Mosel R 35 VI
Size: 195 x 150 mm (540 x 380 mm)
(EN0026)
Ada Emil Nolde (1867 Nolde - 1956 Seebüll)
ADA
Woodcut. 1906.
Signed and dated in pencil lower right Emil Nolde 06. One of at least 8 impressions in this state. Schiefler/Mosel record a total of three proof impressions for the first three states together. A superb impression on greenish paper.
Reference: 17 IV
Size: 295 x 230 mm (355 x 295 mm)
(EN01019)
Frauenkopf Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884 Rottluff - 1976 Berlin)
FRAUENKOPF

Chalk lithograph, 1907.
Signed and dated in pencil.Titled, Frauenkopf in lower margin. A fine impression of this very rare print, on strong wove paper. Collector stamp of Walter Kern (Lugt 1567a) lower right, recto and verso.
Reference: Schapire 26
Provenance: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, given by Erna Kirchner in 1938 to Walter Kern.
(KSR0005)
Abseits Hermann Max Pechstein (1881 Zwickau - 1955 Berlin)
ABSEITS
Woodcut. 1907.
Signed in pencil M. Pechstein lower right and dated Paris 07 (the 08 was changed in 07). Titled by the artist Abseits, lower left. Extremely rare. Excellent impression, hand printed, on brownish wove paper. Reference: Krüger H 61; Fechter 28
(HMP0004)
In der Vierten Klasse Erich Heckel (1883 Döbeln - 1970 Radolfzell)
IN DER VIERTEN KLASSE
Lithograph. 1907.
Signed and dated lower right EHeckel 07. Titled lower left 4. Klasse and Lithogr Handdruck. One of seven to ten known impressions. On greenish-gray wove.
Reference: Dube L 5 II
Size: 322 x 266 mm (472 x 370 mm)
(EH0039)
Alice Emil Nolde (1867 Nolde - 1956 Seebüll)
ALICE
Lithograph, overworked. 1907.
Signed in pencil lower right Emil Nolde., in the lower sheet edge inscribed by the artist (übermalt) (over-painted) and titled Alice by Ada Nolde. Overworked by the artist with gouache. Aside the impressions printed in black (first state) there are impressions printed in two and three colors (second state: according to Noldes a total of 19 impressions). Our print is the only handcolored impression known.
Note: Alice Clausen (born in Copenhagen) worked as a maid during the summer 1906 and 1907 for Emil and Ada Nolde in their little fisherman's cottage in Alsen.
Reference: Schiefler/Mosel 7
Size: 335 x 215 mm (574 x 430 mm)
(EN01020)
Bubenbildnis Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884 Rottluff - 1976 Berlin)
BUBENBILDNIS

Lithograph, 1907.
Signed and dated in pencil lower right Schmidt-Rottluff 1907. With the blindstamp of the collector lower left. Excellent, rare impression on firm, chamois wove paper.
Provenance: Ex-collection H. Neuerburg, Cologne (L. 1344a)
Reference: Schapire 23
Size: 364 x 247 mm (451 x 318 mm)
(KSR0018)
Boot Emil Nolde (1867 Nolde - 1956 Seebüll)
BOOT
Lithograph. 1907.
Signed in pencil lower right Emil Nolde. On chamois thick wove paper. According to Schiefler/Mosel the edition size is 100. Scarce, the edition has probably not been printed out.
Reference: Schiefler/Mosel L 24
Size: 335 x 470 mm (432 x 535 mm)
(EN01025)
Weisse Hauser Erich Heckel (1883 Döbeln - 1970 Radolfzell)
WEISSE HÄUSER
Woodcut. 1907.
Signed with a monogram within the woodblock. On thin, brown thick paper. Signed, dated, titled Weisse Schuppen and inscribed Handdruck.
Provenance: A. Hess (Lugt 2796 a)
Reference: Dube H 145
Size: 150 x 220 mm (225 x 314 mm)
Frau am Spiegel Erich Heckel (1883 Döbeln - 1970 Radolfzell)
FRAU AM SPIEGEL
Woodcut. 1908.
Signed and dated Erich Heckel 08 in pencil lower right. Inscribed at the lower sheet edge by a different hand with the title Vorm Spiegel. A superb, strong impression of this extremely rare print, on thick, soft laid Japan, with full margins. Reference: Dube H 153 III (of IV)
(EH0042)
Im Harem Hermann Max Pechstein (1881 Zwickau - 1955 Berlin)
IM HAREM
Lithograph in four colors. 1909.
Signed with the monogram and dated lower right HMP 09.
Reference: Not found in Krüger and Fechter
Image size: 381 x 492 mm (444 x 582 mm)
(HMP0013)
Nachte Tanzerinnen Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 Aschaffenburg - 1938 Frauenkirch bei Davos)
NACKTE TÄNZERINNEN
Woodcut.
Signed in pencil ELKirchner lower right and inscribed II.Handdruck lower left. A fine, black impression of this extremely rare, early print. On thick, buff wove paper. According to Prof. Günther Gercken, who is preparing the forthcoming new catalogue raisonné of Kirchner's prints, only six or seven impressions are known.One of the most important woodcuts from Kirchner's Dresden years.
Reference: Dube H 140 I (of IV); Gercken I (of III)
Provenance: This impression was reserved for the artist. With the stamp Unverkäuflich EL Kirchner on the verso; Christie's London 2.12.1987, Lot 497;Ahlers Collection, Herford. (Adolf Ahlers AG (publisher), Expressionistische Bilder.Sammlung Firmengruppe Ahlers, Stuttgart 1993, p.112)
Size: 374 x 575 mm (400 x 625 mm.)
(ELK0014)
Loge Erich Heckel (1883 Döbeln - 1970 Radolfzell)
LOGE
Lithograph. 1909.
Signed and dated in pencil lower right EHeckel 09, on wove paper.
Reference: Dube L 106
Size: 190 x 245 mm (229 x 425mm)
(EH0020)
Ziegelei Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884 Rottluff - 1976 Berlin)
ZIEGELEI (BEI VAREL)
Woodcut. 1909.
Signed in pencil lower right Schmidt-Rottluff, titled lower left by a different hand Werk mit Bach. A brilliant impression of this important print. Of the utmost rarity. On oatmeal-like paper.
Reference: Schapire H 7
Size: 295 x 385 mm (342 x 432 mm)
Hamburg, Schiff im Dock Emil Nolde (1867 Nolde - 1956 Seebüll)
HAMBURG, SCHIFF IM DOCK
Line and tonal etching. 1910.
Signed in pencil lower right Emil Nolde, titled by Ada Nolde in the lower margin Hamburg: Schiff im Dock. From the edition of 24 impressions on Van Gelder Zonen - laid paper (further 5 impressions were printed in the first state). Brilliant impression.
Reference: Schiefler/Mosel 138 II
(EN0033)
Seiltanzer Erich Heckel (1883 Döbeln - 1970 Radolfzell)
SEILTÄNZER
Drypoint. 1910.
Signed and dated in pencil lower right Erich Heckel 10.
Reference: Dube R 81
Marcella 
(Franzi) Liegend Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 Aschaffenburg - 1938 Frauenkirch bei Davos)
MARCELLA (FRÄNZI), LIEGEND
Black chalk on yellow paper. 1910.
A very nice and charming drawing showing one of the favorite models of the Brücke artists. Until most recently Marcella and Fränzi were thought to be two different girls, sibblings, the two daughters of a circus-artists' family. It was now suspected that they can be identified as one single person, Marcella, called Fränzi (Albers/Presler 1999). The nice yellow paper tone unfaded. With Kirchner's estate stamp on the verso.
Size: 208 x 299 mm
Hamburg, Alsterbassin Emil Nolde (1867 Nolde - 1956 Seebüll)
HAMBURG, ALSTERBASSIN
Line and tonal etching. 1910.
Signed in pencil lower Emil Nolde. and numbered by Ada Nolde in the lower left sheet edge II. 6. According to Schiefler one of 21 impressions.Fine impression with strong plate tone, on VAN GELDER ZONEN - laid paper.
Size: 314 x 413 mm (442 x 596 mm)
Size: 12 3/8 x 16 1Ž4 in. (17 11/16 x 23 7/16 in.)
(EN0008)
Mit Schilf 
Wefende Badende Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 Aschaffenburg - 1938 Frauenkirch bei Davos)
MIT SCHILF WERFENDE BADENDE (AN DEN MORITZBURGER TEICHEN)
Color woodcut. 1910
Signed in pencil lower right E L Kirchner. A fine impression, printed from three blocks in black, brick-red and green, on firm wove paper. Published in 5.Jahresmappe of the Brücke for the passive members in 1910. Beside our print the portfolio contained a woodcut by Heckel (Dube 181) on the cover, as well as Kirchner's Tänzerin mit gehobenem Rock (woodcut, D.141) and Drei Badende an den Moritzburger Seen (drypoint, D.69). Reference: Dube 160
Size: 230 x 305 mm (400 x 470 mm)
Fischerkopf VII Hermann Max Pechstein (1881 Zwickau - 1955 Berlin)
FISCHERKOPF VII
Woodcut. 1911.
Signed and dated in pencil lower right Pechstein 11. Numbered lower left 14. On wove paper.
Reference: Krüger H 123; Fechter H 79
Image size: 291 x 241 mm (533 x 388 mm)
(HMP0002)
Stehende Frau Emil Nolde (1867 Nolde - 1956 Seebüll)
STEHENDE FRAU (KLEIN)
Lithograph. 1911.
Signed in pencil lower right Emil Nolde. and inscribed at the lower sheet edge Probedruck. and Fräu. A scarce proof impression, printed in blueish-black, before the edition of 20 impressions of the only state. On thin laid Japan.
Reference: Schiefler/Mosel L 47
Size: Circa 170 x 560 mm (278 x 192 mm)
Size: 6 11/16 x 22 1/16 in. (10 15/16 x 7 9/16 in.)
(EN1015)
Schnapsbude Hermann Max Pechstein (1881 Zwickau - 1955 Berlin)
SCHNAPSBUDE
Lithograph, 1911.
Signed in pencil and dated Pechstein 1911 lower right, titled Schnapsbude I lower left and inscribed 1 within the subject. Signed again with a monogram and dated 1911lower left within the stone. A good impression on smooth wove paper.
Provenance: H. Neuerburg collection, Koln (blindstamp, L. 1344 a)
Reference: Kruger L 142; Fechter 129
Size: 348 x 384 mm (412 x 542 mm)
(HMP0017)
prophet Emil Nolde (1867 Nolde - 1956 Seebüll)
PROPHET
Woodcut. 1912.
Signed in pencil lower right Emil Nolde. On firm wove paper. One of the icons of German Expressionist printmaking. A particularly well-balanced printed impression.
Reference : Schiefler/Mosel H 110
Size : 320 x 225 mm (406 x 336 mm)
(EN01022)
frauen am strand Erich Heckel (1883 Döbeln - 1970 Radolfzell)
FRAUEN AM STRAND
Drypoint. 1912.
Signed in pencil and dated Erich Heckel 12 lower right. Titled in the lower left edge Frauen am Strand. From an edition of 50 on firm sturdy paper.
Reference: Dube R 103
(EH0022)
junges madchen Emil Nolde (1867 Nolde - 1956 Seebüll)
JUNGES MADCHEN
Woodcut. 1912.
Signed in pencil and numbered II.7. A superb, rich impression with strong relief on yellow Japan. Rare (about 10 known impressions)
Reference: Schiefler/Mosel: 106 II
(EN0005)
russisches ballett I Hermann Max Pechstein (1881 Zwickau - 1955 Berlin)
RUSSISCHES BALLETT I
Etching and tonal etching, 1912.
A rich impression on white wove paper.From the edition of about 100 published in VII. Jahresmappe der Brucke, 1912 Reference: Kruger 71
(HMP0007)
hafen burgstaaken Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 Aschaffenburg - 1938 Frauenkirch bei Davos)
HAFEN BURGSTAAKEN
Etching on zinc. 1913.
Signed in pencil lower right E L Kirchner. A fine impression of this very rare print, with rich tonal contrasts, on firm, brownish paper. Verso with the estate stamp and Kirchners stamp Unverkäuflich (not for sale).
Provenance: formerly Kunsthandel Wolfgang Wittrock, Düsseldorf
Reference: Dube R 156
Size: 135 x 168 mm (355 x 405 mm) (ELK01008)
elisabeth-ufer Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 Aschaffenburg - 1938 Frauenkirch bei Davos)
ELISABETH-UFER (BERLIN)
Woodcut. 1912/13.
Signed in pencil lower right EL Kirchner and dated 13. A superb, deep black impression on firm, structured wove paper, with strong relief. The artist's proof, with stamp Unverkäuflich EL Kirchner and the estate stamp on the verso. Extremely rare, Prof. Gercken knows only one other impression in a private collection in Germany. Another (unsigned) impression was sold in an auction in Stuttgart in 1955 (location unknown).
Reference: Dube H 197
Provenance: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Roman Norbert Ketterer, auction November 1958;C.G. Boerner, stock list 1959 Related works: Elisabethufer, drypoint, 1912, Dube 151 Rotes Elisabethufer, oil on cancas, 1912, Bayrische Staatsgemäldesammlung, Munich
Size: 205 x 228 mm (430 x 340 mm)
Size: 8 1/16 x 9 in. (16 15/16 X 13 378 in.
tanzerin Emil Nolde (1867 Nolde - 1956 Seebüll)
TÄNZERIN
Lithograph printed in colors (ochre, black, gray-violet and dark red). 1913.
Signed in pencil lower right Emil Nolde, titled Tänzerin and inscribed Aufl. Nr. 31 lower left, from the edition recorded as 35, printed at the Westphalen lithography workshop, Flensburg, on Japan paper. A superb impression, the colors remarkably fresh and vibrant.
Reference: Schiefler/Mosel 56
Size: 530 x 690 mm (604 x 780 mm)
Size: 20 7/8 x 27 3/16 in. (23 3Ž4 x 30 3Ž4 in.)
mude Erich Heckel (1883 Döbeln - 1970 Radolfzell)
MÜDE
Woodcut. 1913.
Signed in pencil lower right Erich Heckel. On chamois laid paper with a Rampant Lion or Gryphon watermark, with full margins. A very fine impression. The richly inked black areas printed with fine subtleties of the wood-grain. Reference: Dube H 265 II
(EH0043)
gelbes meer Emil Nolde (1867 Nolde - 1956 Seebüll)
GELBES MEER
Watercolor. Circa 1913.
Signed in pencil lower right Nolde. On thin Japan. The colors fresh and vibrant.
Provenance: Georg Kurlbaum (until 1929); since then Private collection Berlin, later USA
Size: 228 x 330 mm
sitzende am wasser Erich Heckel (1883 Döbeln - 1970 Radolfzell)
SITZENDE AM WASSER
Woodcut. 1913.
Signed and dated in pencil lower right Erich Heckel 13. Richly inked impression on Japan, the full sheet. Reference: Dube 249 a (of b II)
Size: 307 x 323/282 mm (705 x 557 mm)
Size: 12 2/16 x 11 1/8-12 3Ž4 in. (27 3Ž4 x 21 15/16 in.)
(EH0016)
bucht an 
der nehrung Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884 Rottluff - 1976 Berlin)
BUCHT AN DER NEHRUNG
Woodcut. 1913.
Signed in pencil lower right. On cream laid paper.
Reference: Schapire 121
Image size: 275 x 343 mm (369 x 413 mm)
(KSR0020)
geschwister Erich Heckel (1883 Döbeln - 1970 Radolfzell)
GESCHWISTER
Woodcut. 1913.
Signed in pencil Erich Heckel and dated 13. Brilliant impression, the full sheet. Referenence: Dube 260 II
Size: 416 x 285/310 mm (700 x 556 mm)
Size: 16 3/8 x 11 1/4/12 3/16 in. (27 9/16 x 21 7/8 inches
(EH0015)
badende an der alster Erich Heckel (1883 Döbeln - 1970 Radolfzell)
BADENDE AN DER ALSTER
Pencil drawing. 1913.
Signed lower right Erich Heckel.The preparatory drawing for the etching with the same title (Dube 121). On wove paper.
Size: 403 x 506 mm
(EH02024)
badende an der alster Erich Heckel (1883 Döbeln - 1970 Radolfzell)
BADENDE AN DER ALSTER
Drypoint. 1913.
Signed and dated in pencil lower right Erich Heckel 14. A superb, rich impression on firm paper. The full sheet, in excellent condition. With an unidentified collectors stamp SM on verso.
Reference: Dube R 121
Size: 140 x 192 mm (335 x 412 mm)
(EH01024)
kopf 
mit halskette Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884 Rottluff - 1976 Berlin)
KOPF MIT HALSKETTE

Holzschnitt. 1914.
Signed in pencil lower right S.Rottluff, inscribed with the worknumber lower left 141 (print no. 1 from 1914). A brilliant, deep-black impression, on wove paper.
Reference: Schapire 131
Size: 363 x 295 mm (592 x 460 mm)
(KSR01022)
reiter im grunewald Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 Aschaffenburg - 1938 Frauenkirch bei Davos)
REITER IM GRUNEWALD
Lithograph. 1914.
Signed in pencil lower right and dated 15. On smooth yellow paper. On the reverse the collection stamp in blue-green Dr. WK (not in Lugt, propably an earlier version of Lugt 799b: Dr. W. Krieg, Bern [1880-1952]).Extremely scarce. Prof. Gercken knows only 6 other impressions.
Reference: Dube L 251 (probably III of IV)
Size: 505 x 598 mm (544 x 644 mm)
Size: 19 7/8 x 23 9/16 in. (21 7/16 x 25 3/8 in.)
knieende Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884 Rottluff - 1976 Berlin)
KNIEENDE

Woodcut. 1914.
Signed in pencil lower right SRottluff. A particularly fine, strong impression of one of the major prints from the important group of monumental woodcuts from 1914. Hand-printed, on thick, soft wove paper.
Reference: Schapire 132
Size: 500 x 395 mm (705 x 558 mm)
Size: 19 11/16 x 15 9/16 in. (27 3Ž4 x 22 in.)
(KSR029)
mussige hetaren Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884 Rottluff - 1976 Berlin)
MÜSSIGE HETÄREN

Woodcut. 1914.
Signed in pencil lower right S. Rottluff and dated 1914. Inscribed in the lower left edge with the work number 1544. A superb, deep black impression of this large woodcut. The grain of the woodblock used to enhance the image. On brownish laid paper with watermark SLG.
Reference: Schapire 133
Size: 395 x 500 mm (510 x 612 mm)
Size: 15 9/16 x 16 11/16 in. (20 1/16 x 24 1/16 in.)
(KSR1021)
der irre Erich Heckel (1883 Döbeln - 1970 Radolfzell)
DER IRRE
Dryoint. 1914.
Signed and dated in pencil lower right Erich Heckel 14. Brilliant impression with burr on chamois firm sturdy paper. Published by Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin.
Reference: Dube R 127 A (of B)
(EH0019)
die sonne Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884 Rottluff - 1976 Berlin)
DIE SONNE

Woodcut. 1914.
Signed in pencil lower right S. Rottluff and inscribed with the work number 1431. Probably from the edition of 75 impressions, published in Zehn Holzschnitte von Schmidt-Rottluff, by I.B. Neumann, Berlin 1919. A brilliant, deep black impression, on chamois laid paper.
Reference: Schapire 152
Size: 397 x 495/500 mm (513 x 667/670 mm)
Size: 15 5/8 x 19 1/2/19 11/16 in. (20 3/16 x 26 1/26 3/8 in.)
(KSR0510)


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