Lot 170
  • 170

Christian Rohlfs

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Christian Rohlfs
  • Bauernhäuser (Farmhouses)
  • signed with the initials CR (lower right)
  • tempera, watercolour and brush and ink on paper
  • 36.5 by 51.3cm., 14 3/8 by 20 1/8 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Bielefeld (acquired by 1978)
Private Collection, Petershagen (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2013

Exhibited

Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Konservieren, Restaurieren, 1975, no. 106
Bielefeld, Kunsthalle der Stadt Bielefeld, Aus Bielefelder Privatbesitz, Malerei und Graphik 1900-1945, 1979, no. 82, illustrated in the catalogue

Condition

Executed on thick cream laid paper, not laid down, affixed through tape to the mount at all four corners and floating in the mount. The upper edge is deckled, with some associated tears, and the left edge is very slightly unevenly cut. There are pin holes at each of the lower corners, with a few pin holes along the right edge. There is a tiny repaired tear to the upper left corner. The sheet is slightly undulating, due to the application of medium. There are a few tiny spots of discolouration along the right edge. Overall this work is in good condition.
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