Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976) a) A shield-shaped hammered silver ring, 1910-1911 cut out of one piece of silver sheet with open hoop 3.6 x 2 x 2.3 cm. 1 7/16 x 13/16 x 7/8 in. Ring size: O b) A silver ring with green hardstone, circa 1920 signed S. Rottluff (on the underside) cabochon-cut green hardstone within a silver mount 3 x 2.2 x 3 cm. 1 3/16 x 7/8 1 3/16 in. Ring size: Q c) An oval shield-shaped silver ring, circa 1920 signed S.Rottluff (on the reverse) curved shield engraved with a triangular motif, the shank attached by two slots on each side 5 x 2 x 2 cm. 1 15/16 x 13/16 x 13/16 in. Ring size: O 1⁄2 Fußnoten a) 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 Will Grohmann, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Stuttgart 1956, p. 60 Anne Ward, Rings through the ages, New York 1981, p. 139 Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff in Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, Neumünster 1984, p. 104 Gerhard Wietek, Schmidt-Rottluff, Oldenburger Jahre 1907-1912, Oldenburg 1995, p. 205 Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Plastik und Kunsthandwerk Werkverzeichnis, Munich 2001, no. 462, p. 507, illustrated b) Provenance Elsa Delbanco Collection or Rosa Schapire Collection, Hamburg and London Gustav Delbanco, London Private Collection, UK, by descent from the above Literature Anne Ward, Rings through the ages, New York 1981, p. 139 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 Gerhard Wietek, Schmidt-Rottluff, Oldenburger Jahre 1907-1912, Oldenburg 1995, p. 205 Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Plastik und Kunsthandwerk Werkverzeichnis, Munich 2001, p. 517, no. 481, illustrated c) Provenance Elsa Delbanco Collection or Rosa Schapire Collection, Hamburg and London Gustav Delbanco, London Private Collection, UK, by descent from the above Literature Anne Ward, Rings through the ages, New York 1981, p. 139 Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff in Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, Neumünster 1984, pp. 96 and 104 Anne Ward, Der Ring im Wandel der Zeit, Erlangen 1987, p. 158, Gerhard Wietek, Schmidt-Rottluff, Oldenburger Jahre 1907-1912, Oldenburg 1995, p. 205 Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Plastik und Kunsthandwerk Werkverzeichnis, Munich 2001, p. 518, no. 482, illustrated