Sale: 383 / Modern Art, Oct. 28. 2011 in Munich Lot 732

 
Christian Rohlfs - Du bist


732
Christian Rohlfs
Du bist's gewesen, 1922.
Linocut
Estimate:
€ 1,200 / $ 1,296
Sold:
€ 1,250 / $ 1,350

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Linocut in red brown
Utermann 215. Vogt 151. Signed as well as once more signed on backing cardboard. With an exhibition label on verso of backing cardboard, there signed, titled "Der Schuldbewußte" and inscribed. One of a few hand-made proofs. On delicate paper, originally firmly mounted on backing cardboard on verso of upper nad lower edge by the artist. 27,2 x 21 cm (10,7 x 8,2 in)Backing cardboard: 44,7 x 31 cm (17,6 x 12,2 in).
Strong impression. Rohls never regarded print art as a merely duplicating means of artistic expression, to him it was an opportunity to endow each printing block or stone with an individual touch. Rare. [DB].

EXHIBITION: 6. Jahresschau deutscher Arbeit Dresden 1927 (with label on verso).




732
Christian Rohlfs
Du bist's gewesen, 1922.
Linocut
Estimate:
€ 1,200 / $ 1,296
Sold:
€ 1,250 / $ 1,350

(incl. surcharge)