Monotype with black tempera in monotype-like impression, worked over with blue tempera
Cf. Utermann 143. Cf. Vogt 101. Monogrammed in printing block. On cardboard. 45,2 x 41 cm (17,7 x 16,1 in), the full sheet
A similar woodcut is in possession of the Helene Rohlfs Stiftung (see ex. cat. Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund 1987, p. 122, no illu.).

We are grateful to Mr Wilfried Utermann, Galerie Utermann, Dortmund, for his expert advice.

This work is a prime example of Christian Rohlfs' very own concept of the woodcut as a means of artistic expression. Before printing he applied color layers of a varying thickness to the printing block, often with a brush. These prints are basically single proofs, which are more like a monotype. This sheet was eventually worked over with an accentuating tone of blue. "This approach to print art shows that to Rohlfs printing did not serve as a mere means of reproduction, but rather as a way to create prints as single sheets." (Translation of quote from Anna Meseure, in: ex. cat. Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund 1987, p. 11). [EH].