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Christian Rohlfs

Lot 5
Weiblicher Akt, 1918
Tempera

24.7 x 18.7 in (62.8 x 47.6 cm)
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Lot 5
Weiblicher Akt, 1918
Tempera
24.7 x 18.7 in (62.8 x 47.6 cm)
Estimate:
€ 5,000 - 7,000
Auction: 25 days

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich
Auction: Sep 15, 2025 03:02 PM
Auction number: 596
Auction name: Online Sale
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Lot Details
Tempera. Lower right monogrammed. On firm wove paper (with blidnstamp). 62.8 x 47.6 cm. , the full sheet. [AW].
- Significant work in the artist's series of nude depictions. - By repeatedly wiping the colors, the artist attains a particularlly fine physical plasticity. - The female back figure nude occupies a significant position in the artist's creation.
LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, 254th auction, June 28, 1984, lot 1373 (illu.plate 112).
Private collection. Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1984)
In good condition. The margins slightly irregular and partly with small losses, reinforced in the right margin. A professionally backed paper loss (approx. 4 cm) in the center of the lower margin. Partially with small brown stains and slight rubbing. A smoothed and barely visible diagonal crease in the upper third of the image.
Lot Details
Tempera. Lower right monogrammed. On firm wove paper (with blidnstamp). 62.8 x 47.6 cm. , the full sheet. [AW].
- Significant work in the artist's series of nude depictions. - By repeatedly wiping the colors, the artist attains a particularlly fine physical plasticity. - The female back figure nude occupies a significant position in the artist's creation.
LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, 254th auction, June 28, 1984, lot 1373 (illu.plate 112).
Private collection. Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1984)
In good condition. The margins slightly irregular and partly with small losses, reinforced in the right margin. A professionally backed paper loss (approx. 4 cm) in the center of the lower margin. Partially with small brown stains and slight rubbing. A smoothed and barely visible diagonal crease in the upper third of the image.
1 other work by Christian Rohlfs
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