'Two yellow houses', 1911 – 'Two yellow houses', 1911

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'Two yellow houses', 1911
'Two yellow houses', 1911

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. 'Two yellow Houses' artist's postcard, 1911. Watercolour over ink on stamped postcard, addressed and dedicated to Dr. Elsa Hopf, Hamburg. Post stamp Dangast 3.6.1911. 9.2 x 14.3 cm. Verso handwritten by the artist (ink): "Frau Dr. Elsa Hopf Hamburg Bieber Str. 3/5 Verehrte Frau E. H., werden Sie denn diesen Sommer mal nach Dangast kommen? Es gibt allerdings noch nichts zu sehen, da ich mich sehr mit den Dingen herumquäle. Hat keinen Zug, dies Jahr. Herzlichste Pfingstgrüße Ihr ergeb. S-Rottluff", several annotations by the postal service (change-of-address) (pencil).

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Hammer Price: 36,000 €

127C - Modern Art
23. June 2016 at 3:00 PM CEST

Literature:

Provenance: Estate of Dr. Elsa Hopf. Gerhard Wietek, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Zeichnungen auf Postkarten, Cologne 2010, p. 262, 263, no. 88.

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