Sale: 512 / Modern Art II, Dec. 12. 2020 in Munich Lot 424

 

424
Christian Rohlfs
Weiblicher Akt, Um 1918.
Tempera on paper
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,200
Sold:
€ 18,750 / $ 20,250

(incl. surcharge)
Weiblicher Akt. Um 1918.
Tempera on paper.
Not in Vogt. Lower right monogrammed. On creme wove paper. 50.8 x 56.8 cm (20 x 22.3 in), the full sheet. [CH].

• Fully executed depiction in characteristic duct and a warm and earthen palette.
• Notable provenance.
• Part of a German private collection for more than 15 years
.

Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Christian Rohlfs Archive, Osthaus Museum Hagen, on October 26, 2020. The work will be included into the archive with the registartion number "CRA 200/20".

PROVENANCE: Galerie Wilfried Utermann, Dortmund.
Private collection USA (acquired from aforemntioned in April 1985).
Art trader Hubertus Melsheimer, Cologne (verso with the label).
Private collection Germany.

LITERATURE: Sotheby's, London, Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper, February 4, 2004, lot 549 (with color illu. on p. 163).




424
Christian Rohlfs
Weiblicher Akt, Um 1918.
Tempera on paper
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,200
Sold:
€ 18,750 / $ 20,250

(incl. surcharge)