Die blauen Berge. Um 1912.
Oil on canvas.
Vogt 527. Lower right monogrammed. 80 x 120 cm (31.4 x 47.2 in).

• From the renowned collection of Adalbert and Thilda Colsman, Langenberg.
• Made during the artist's first stay in Bavaria.
• Despite the fact that the artist rendered the blue mountains true to nature, the composition has an almost abstract appeal and the color comes to the fore.

PROVENANCE: Collection Adalbert und Thilda Colsman, Langenberg (Colsman family-owned until 2016: Grisebach).
Private collection Northern Germany (acquired from the above in 2016).

EXHIBITION: Christian Rohlfs. Göttingen, Kunstsammlungen der Universität Göttingen, 1949, cat. no. 25/ Freunde des Museums sammeln. II: Kunst aus der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Essen, Museum Folkwang, 1972, cat. no. 54, illu. on p. 59.

LITERATURE: Villa Grisebach, Berlin, auction on June 2, 2016, 20 Werke aus der Sammlung Adalbert und Thilda Colsman, lot 15.