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Christian Rohlfs
Männlicher Rückenakt, 1909.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 8,000 / $ 9,200 Sold:
€ 8,040 / $ 9,246 (incl. surcharge)
70
Christian Rohlfs
Männlicher Rückenakt, 1909.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 8,000 / $ 9,200 Sold:
€ 8,040 / $ 9,246 (incl. surcharge)
Männlicher Rückenakt. 1909.
Watercolor.
Lower left monogrammed and dated "9". On creme wove paper. 62 x 46.5 cm (24.4 x 18.3 in), size of sheet. [CH].
• Christian Rohlfs interprets classical nude painting in a dynamic style using broad brushstrokes.
• In 1901, Karl Ernst Osthaus invited him to Hagen, where he worked in the studios of the newly founded Hagen Museum and began to develop his expressionist style.
• In 1907, Rohlfs became a member of the Sonderbund westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler (Association of West German Art Lovers and Artists).
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Switzerland.
Galerie Jörg Schuhmacher, Frankfurt am Main.
Private collection, South Germany (acquired from the above in 2013).
In family ownership ever since.
LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, Moderne Kunst, June 14, 2003, lot 1555 (illustrated)
Galerie Kornfeld Auktionen, Bern, Kunst des 19. bis 21. Jahrhunderts, June 14, 2013, lot 576 (illustrated).
To view artwork condition please click on the high-definition images and use the zoom function.
Watercolor.
Lower left monogrammed and dated "9". On creme wove paper. 62 x 46.5 cm (24.4 x 18.3 in), size of sheet. [CH].
• Christian Rohlfs interprets classical nude painting in a dynamic style using broad brushstrokes.
• In 1901, Karl Ernst Osthaus invited him to Hagen, where he worked in the studios of the newly founded Hagen Museum and began to develop his expressionist style.
• In 1907, Rohlfs became a member of the Sonderbund westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler (Association of West German Art Lovers and Artists).
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Switzerland.
Galerie Jörg Schuhmacher, Frankfurt am Main.
Private collection, South Germany (acquired from the above in 2013).
In family ownership ever since.
LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, Moderne Kunst, June 14, 2003, lot 1555 (illustrated)
Galerie Kornfeld Auktionen, Bern, Kunst des 19. bis 21. Jahrhunderts, June 14, 2013, lot 576 (illustrated).
To view artwork condition please click on the high-definition images and use the zoom function.
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