Beschreibung:

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976) a) A round silver brooch with face-like decoration, 1910 circular cut out silver sheet with repoussé, embossed and beaded rim Diameter: 6.2 cm. 2 7/16 in. b) A round brass brooch with two opposite letters K, circa 1910 circular cut out brass bronze sheet with repoussé, embossed and beaded rim Diameter: 5.5 cm. 2 3/16 in. c) Oval silver brooch with rough crystal in host rock, 1911-1912 signed S.Rottluff (on the reverse) vaulted walled silver sheet of irregular oval outline and rough crystal in host rock 5.6 x 7 x 2.7 cm. 2 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 1/16 in. Fußnoten a) Provenance Elsa Delbanco Collection, Hamburg and London Gustav Delbanco, London, by descent from the above Private Collection, UK, by descent from the above Exhibited London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Goldsmiths Hall, International exhibition of modern jewelry/Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, 1961, no. 704 b Literature Gerhard Wietek, Maler der Brücke. Farbige Kartengrüsse an Rosa Schapire von Erich Heckel Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Max Pechstein Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Wiesbaden 1958, no. 6 (post card) Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff in Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, Neumünster 1984, p. 96 Anne Ward, Der Ring im Wandel der Zeit, Erlangen 1987, p. 158, illustrated Gerd Presler, "Brücke" an Dr. Rosa Schapire, Mannheim 1990 Gerhard Wietek, Schmidt-Rottluff, Oldenburger Jahre 1907-1912, Oldenburg 1995, pp. 205, 437 and 592 Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Plastik und Kunsthandwerk Werkverzeichnis, Munich 2001, p. 442, no. 356, illustrated b) Provenance Rosa Schapire Collection, Hamburg and London Gustav Delbanco, London Private Collection, UK, by descent from the above Exhibited Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff 1925 Literature Sauerlandt, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Ausstellung im Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburger Fremdenblatt 1925, illustrated Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff in Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, Neumünster 1984, p. 104 Gerhard Wietek, Schmidt-Rottluff, Oldenburger Jahre 1907-1912, Oldenburg 1995, pp. 205 and 470 Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Plastik und Kunsthandwerk Werkverzeichnis, Munich 2001, p. 442, no. 357, illustrated c) Provenance Rosa Schapire Collection, Hamburg and London Gustav Delbanco, London Private Collection, UK, by descent from the above Exhibited Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff 1925 Literature Sauerlandt, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Ausstellung im Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburger Fremdenblatt 1925 Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff in Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, Neumünster 1984, p. 104 Anne Ward, Der Ring im Wandel der Zeit, Erlangen 1987, p. 158, illustrated Gerhard Wietek, Schmidt-Rottluff, Oldenburger Jahre 1907-1912, Oldenburg 1994, pp. 205 and 470 Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Plastik und Kunsthandwerk Werkverzeichnis, Munich 2001, p. 449, no. 366, illustrated Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884 - 1976) was one of the four founders of the Die Brücke group established in Dresden in June 1905. This group developed a distinctive, modern style through a radically anti-traditional artistic vision and invited not only artists but also patrons to join their cause, serving as a bridge between art and society. One of these supporters was Dr Rosa Schapire (1874-1954) a distinguished and prolific patron, collector and critic in early twentieth-century German Expressionism. Born into a wealthy Jewish family in Poland and having studied art history at Zurich and Heidelberg Universities, the emphasis in her collection was on the oeuvre of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff who depicted her in several portraits, and in 1921 carried out an important decorative plan for her living room in Hamburg where the artist designed a wide range of lifestyle objects as furniture, carpets, tablecloths and cushions. Another patron and member of the Die Brücke group was Elsa Delbanco (1876 - 1972) who, along with her husband, became one of the earlies