Water-tempera. With the estate stamp and various inscriptions and numbers on the reverse. On firm Van Gelder Zonen wove paper (with the watermark). 65 x 50 cm. , size of sheet.
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• A flower painting of great lightness and beautiful harmony.
• The experimental artist used a brush to create fine structures in the color field and incorporated the paper ground into the painting.
• Among the watercolors, flower paintings are the artist's most sought-after works on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
The work will be included in the catalogue raisonné under the number CRA 286/25. We are grateful to Dr. Birgit Schulte, Christian Rohlfs Archive at the Osthaus Museum Hagen, for the kind support in cataloging this lot.
LITERATURE: Paul Vogt, Christian Rohlfs. Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Recklingshausen 1958, no. 37/45 or 46.