ROHLFS, CHRISTIAN1849 Niendorf - 1938 Hagen


Title: Bäume vor blauem Hintergrund.
Date: 1930.
Technique: Wassertempera on vellum.
Measurement: 71 x 49.5cm.
Notation: Estate stamp verso lower left: NACHLASS CHRISTIAN ROHLFS. Below inscribed: Frau Christian Rohlfs entstanden 1930.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.


Provenance:
- Estate Christian Rohlfs
- Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (since 1976)

Literature:
- Vogt, Paul: Christian Rohlfs - Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Recklinghausen 1958, cat. rais. no. 30/25 (here titled "Bäume")

- Late work by the artist, in the artist's typical style of the last decade
- Strong gestural strokes increase the degree of abstraction in a fascinating way
- His unique use of water tempera gives the artist an individual expression and the works a high recognition value.