Lot 4
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Christian Rohlfs
Männlicher Rückenakt, 1909.
Watercolor
Starting bid: € 9,000 / $ 10,440
Männlicher Rückenakt. 1909.
Watercolor.
Lower left monogrammed and dated "9". On wove paper. 64.9 x 50 cm (25.5 x 19.6 in), size of sheet. [CH].
• Expressive male nude from a period when Rohlfs attained a unique style influenced by both Impressionism and Expressionism.
• Although his academic training is still clearly evident in his nude drawings, the bold brushstrokes already demonstrate his break with the tradition of Naturalism.
• The nude figure from behind plays a significant role in the artist's paintings.
PROVENANCE: Estate of the artist.
Galerie Jörg Schumacher, Frankfurt am Main.
Private collection, South Germany (acquired from the above in 2014).
In family ownership ever since.
LITERATURE: Paul Vogt, Christian Rohlfs 1849-1938, Aquarelle, Wassertemperablätter, Zeichnungen,
Recklinghausen 1988, p. 145 (with full-page illustration, p. 26).
Paul Vogt, Christian Rohlfs. Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Recklingshausen 1958, catalogue raisonné no. 09/14.
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Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, Modern Art, May 31, 2011, lot 445 (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 wove paper. 64.9 x 50 cm (25.5 x 19.6 in), size of sheet. [CH].
• Expressive male nude from a period when Rohlfs attained a unique style influenced by both Impressionism and Expressionism.
• Although his academic training is still clearly evident in his nude drawings, the bold brushstrokes already demonstrate his break with the tradition of Naturalism.
• The nude figure from behind plays a significant role in the artist's paintings.
PROVENANCE: Estate of the artist.
Galerie Jörg Schumacher, Frankfurt am Main.
Private collection, South Germany (acquired from the above in 2014).
In family ownership ever since.
LITERATURE: Paul Vogt, Christian Rohlfs 1849-1938, Aquarelle, Wassertemperablätter, Zeichnungen,
Recklinghausen 1988, p. 145 (with full-page illustration, p. 26).
Paul Vogt, Christian Rohlfs. Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Recklingshausen 1958, catalogue raisonné no. 09/14.
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Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, Modern Art, May 31, 2011, lot 445 (illustrated).
To view artwork condition please click on the high-definition images and use the zoom function.
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Christian Rohlfs
Männlicher Rückenakt, 1909.
Watercolor
Starting bid: € 9,000 / $ 10,440
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