Gothic Spire

Artist Karl Schmidt-Rottluff German, 1884–1976

Date1921

MediumWatercolor on paper

Dimensions19 1/2 x 14 in. (49.5 x 35.6 cm)
Frame: 30 x 24 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (76.2 x 61.6 x 3.5 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number64.5.1

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Published ReferencesNew York Times, Obituary (August 11, 1976), 38. Art Quarterly 27, no. 3, 373. "Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 6, no. 4 and 7, no. 1 (1966/67?), mentioned 10, listed 81, illus. (b-w) 66, fig. 30. A Catalogue of Drawings and Watercolors (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1969), cat. no. 115, illus. (b-w). "German Watercolors 1920-1932," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Summer 1989), mentioned 11. North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 17 (1997), listed and illus. (b-w) 95.

Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Drawings and Watercolors," Summer 1969, cat. no. 115, illus. (b-w). Winston-Salem, NC, Wake Forest University, "German Expressionist Works," February 15-March 15, 1979. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "German Works on Paper," October 20, 1983-January 15, 1984. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Changing Selections Gallery,"German Watercolors, 1920-1932," May 30-August 20, 1989. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The Legacy of W. R. Valentiner," January 27-March 29, 1998.

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