Fruchtschale. 1924.
Watercolor, Gouache and India ink.
Monogrammed in lower right. On brownish wove paper. 45 x 65 cm (17.7 x 25.5 in), size of sheet. [AW].

• In this impressive work, red, yellow and orange carry the composition.
• Rohlfs preferrably made still lifes in his later creative period.
• Works by the artist are in, among others, the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Louvre in Paris.
• In the same collection for almost 70 years and now offered on the international auction market for the first time (source: artprice.com).

PROVENANCE: Galerie Günter Franke, München.
Corporate Collection Ahlers AG, Herford (acquired from the above in 1955).

LITERATURE: Paul Vogt, Christian Rohlfs. Œuvre-Katalog der Gemälde, Recklinghausen 1978, cat. no. 1924/24.

In good condition with beautiful colors. Overall slightly creased. The margins partly slightly creased and with a few small tears. A small tear with paper loss (ca. 12mm) in the upper left margin.