Lot 137 | Christian Rohlfs | "Huldigung"

ROHLFS, CHRISTIAN
1849 Niendorf - 1938 Hagen

Title: "Huldigung".
Date: 1933.
Technique: Chalk and tempera on canvas.
Measurement: 76,5 x 58,5cm.
Notation: Signed, inscribed and twice titled verso on stretcher: Chr. Rohlfs, Hagen iW. Huldigung Huldigung.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the estate of Christian Rohlfs, Prof. Dr. Paul Vogt, Essen, dated 12th September 2009.

Provenance:
- Estate of the artist
- Galerie Neher, Essen (label)
- Private collection, Essen
- Private collection, Baden-Württemberg (by inheritance from the above)

Exhibitions:
- Farbenfabriken Bayer AG, Leverkusen, 1955
- Museum Folkwang, Essen, 1955
- Galerie Günther Franke, Munich, 1955 (adhesive label)
- Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe 1956
- St. Annenmuseum, Lübeck, 1956
- Kunstverein Heidelberg, 1959
- Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund 1959
- Kunsthalle am Steubenplatz, Darmstadt 1960
- Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1960
- Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna 1961
- Kunsthalle Basel, undated (adhesive label)

Literature:
- Vogt, Paul (ed.): Christian Rohlfs - Oeuvre Catalogue of Paintings, Recklinghausen 1978, cat. rais. no. 756, ill.
- Exhib. cat. Christian Rohlfs. Paintings, Tempera Works, Drawings and Prints, Farbenfabriken Bayer AG, Leverkusen/Museum Folkwang, Essen/Galerie Günther Franke, Munich/Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe/St. Annenmuseum, Lübeck, 1955/56, cat. no. 52
- Exhib. cat. Christian Rohlfs. Kunstverein Heidelberg, 1959, cat. no. 19
- Exhib. cat. Christian Rohlfs. Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund 1959, cat. no. 43
- Exhib. cat. Christian Rohlfs. Kunsthalle am Steubenplatz, Darmstadt 1960, cat. no. 36
- Exhib. cat. Christian Rohlfs. Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1960, cat. no. 110
- Exhib. cat. Christian Rohlfs. Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna 1961, cat. no. 40

- Characteristic of Rohlfs' individual style in old age, which gained in colourfulness and expressiveness
- Gestural, expressive style sets the composition in rhythmic motion
- Impressive exhibition history