Sale: 563 / Modern Art Day Sale, Dec. 07. 2024 in Munich Lot 236

 

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Christian Rohlfs
Kecke junge Dame (Flapper), Ca. 1927/1929.
Tempera and water tempera
Post auction sale: € 16,200 / $ 17,820
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Kecke junge Dame (Flapper). Ca. 1927/1929.
Tempera and water tempera.
On wove paper. 69.9 x 51.5 cm (27.5 x 20.2 in), the full sheet. [EH].

• In what is an unusual motif for Rohlfs, he characterizes a young, modern woman of the late 1920s.
• In the 1920 and 30s, young women who liberated themselves from social conventions and wore their hair short and dressed in a certain style were called flappers.
• Outstanding portrayal of the spirit of optimism and zeitgeist of the "golden" 1920s.
• In 1955, some of his works were exhibited posthumously at the documenta 1 in Kassel.
• Other works of the artist are at, among others, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Louvre in Paris
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The work is registered in the Christian Rohlfs Archive at Osthaus Museum Hagen with the number CRA 247/23.

PROVENANCE: Dr. Hugo and Marguerite Bamberger, Germany (presumably acquired from the artist).
Lewinson family, Massachusetts, USA.
Private collection, Baden-Württemberg.




236
Christian Rohlfs
Kecke junge Dame (Flapper), Ca. 1927/1929.
Tempera and water tempera
Post auction sale: € 16,200 / $ 17,820
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