Rising Moon
- Date
- 1911–12
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- made in
- Berlin, Berlin state, Germany, Europe
- depicts
- Damme, Niedersachsen state, Germany, Europe
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 214
- Dimensions
- 34 7/8 × 37 7/8 in. (88.6 × 96.2 cm)
framed: 43 1/4 × 46 1/4 in. (109.9 × 117.5 cm) - Credit Line
- Bequest of Morton D. May
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 938:1983
NOTES
A solitary cart waits on an empty path receding between gabled cottages; in the distance are a steep mountain and glowing harvest moon. Karl Schmidt-Rottluff’s mysterious work was inspired by the landscape around the Baltic coast of Germany. The artist represents his scene with vibrant, non-naturalistic colors: the mountain is rendered in intense red and magenta and the houses in ultramarine blue. Schmidt-Rottluff was the youngest member of Die Brücke (The Bridge) and focused largely on landscapes.
Provenance
Dr. Julius Jacobsohn (d.1942), Erfurt, Germany [1]
Hilde de Goede-Jacobsohn (b.1911), Erfurt, Germany; Galilee, Israel [2]
by 1951 - 1953
Curt Valentin Gallery, Inc., New York, NY, USA, purchased from Ms. de Goede [3]
1953 - 1983
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Curt Valentin Gallery, Inc. [4]
1983 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Morton D. May [5]
Notes:
[1] On the back of a photograph of the picture, the artist noted: Dr. Jacobsohn, Erfurt [letter from Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wietek dated April 28, 2004, SLAM document files]. The provenance listed in Wietek's publication on the artist lists both Jacobsohn and de Goede [Gerhard Wietek. "Schmidt-Rottluff. Oldenburger Jahre 1907-1912." Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 1995, cat. no. 213].
A Dr. Julius Jacobsohn practiced as an Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist in Erfurt from 1908 to 1938 and then moved to Berlin per an article published in the Thuringer Allgemeine on July 24, 2019, about his Australian granddaughter's search for her family's roots in Erfurt. A Dr. Julius Jacobsohn was head of the ENT department at the Berlin Jewish Hospital when he committed suicide on November 1942 in advance of his deportation. [source: Rebecca Schwoch, Jüdische Ärzte als Krankenbehandler: in Berlin zwischen 1938 und 1945 (Frankfurt am Main: Mabuse-Verlag, 2018),135.]
[2] Per Wietek (see note [1]) and Morton D. May's record sheet [SLAM document files; May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Curt Valentin corresponded with a Hilde de Goede-Jacobsohn of Galilee, Israel, in November 1952 and again in September 1953.(source: Curt Valentin Papers, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Archives, VII. A. 38).
[3] The painting was included in a 1951 exhibition at Curt Valentin Gallery ["Lehmbruck and His Contemporaries," New York: Curt Valentin Gallery, 1951, cat. no. 42]. Curt Valentin (1902-1954) was the owner of Buchholz Gallery, which was renamed Curt Valentin Gallery in 1951.
[4] According to the dealer's invoice, May purchased the painting from Curt Valentin Gallery on January 13, 1953 [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].
[5] Last Will and Testament of M. D. May dated June 11, 1982 [copy, May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 20, 1983.
Hilde de Goede-Jacobsohn (b.1911), Erfurt, Germany; Galilee, Israel [2]
by 1951 - 1953
Curt Valentin Gallery, Inc., New York, NY, USA, purchased from Ms. de Goede [3]
1953 - 1983
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Curt Valentin Gallery, Inc. [4]
1983 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Morton D. May [5]
Notes:
[1] On the back of a photograph of the picture, the artist noted: Dr. Jacobsohn, Erfurt [letter from Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wietek dated April 28, 2004, SLAM document files]. The provenance listed in Wietek's publication on the artist lists both Jacobsohn and de Goede [Gerhard Wietek. "Schmidt-Rottluff. Oldenburger Jahre 1907-1912." Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 1995, cat. no. 213].
A Dr. Julius Jacobsohn practiced as an Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist in Erfurt from 1908 to 1938 and then moved to Berlin per an article published in the Thuringer Allgemeine on July 24, 2019, about his Australian granddaughter's search for her family's roots in Erfurt. A Dr. Julius Jacobsohn was head of the ENT department at the Berlin Jewish Hospital when he committed suicide on November 1942 in advance of his deportation. [source: Rebecca Schwoch, Jüdische Ärzte als Krankenbehandler: in Berlin zwischen 1938 und 1945 (Frankfurt am Main: Mabuse-Verlag, 2018),135.]
[2] Per Wietek (see note [1]) and Morton D. May's record sheet [SLAM document files; May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Curt Valentin corresponded with a Hilde de Goede-Jacobsohn of Galilee, Israel, in November 1952 and again in September 1953.(source: Curt Valentin Papers, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Archives, VII. A. 38).
[3] The painting was included in a 1951 exhibition at Curt Valentin Gallery ["Lehmbruck and His Contemporaries," New York: Curt Valentin Gallery, 1951, cat. no. 42]. Curt Valentin (1902-1954) was the owner of Buchholz Gallery, which was renamed Curt Valentin Gallery in 1951.
[4] According to the dealer's invoice, May purchased the painting from Curt Valentin Gallery on January 13, 1953 [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].
[5] Last Will and Testament of M. D. May dated June 11, 1982 [copy, May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 20, 1983.
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