Artischockenblüten. 1937.
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 (25.5 x 19.6 in), size of sheet.
[KT].

• 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.

PROVENANCE: Artist's estate (1938).
Lotte Heitzeberg, Hagen / Westphalia (with owner's stamp on the reverse).
Private collection, Bavaria (by 1964 at the latest).
In family possession ever since.

LITERATURE: Paul Vogt, Christian Rohlfs. Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Recklingshausen 1958, no. 37/45 or 46.

In good condition. Minimally sunned. Corners with tiny pinholes. Upper corners slgihtly rubbed.