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Modern & Contemporary Art - Auction ends: July 15, 2026 from 3:00 pm

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Christian Rohlfs - Water-tempera
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Christian Rohlfs
Herbstwald (Blauer Wald), 1920
Water-tempera
Starting bid:
€ 8,000
Estimate:
€ 8,000 - 12,000
End: 07-15-26 16:23:00 Berlin
07-15-26 10:23:00 New York
07-15-26 07:23:00 Los Angeles (29 days, 17h:44m)

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168
Christian Rohlfs
Herbstwald (Blauer Wald), 1920
Water-tempera
Starting bid:
€ 8,000
Estimate:
€ 8,000 - 12,000
End: 07-15-26 16:23:00 Berlin
07-15-26 10:23:00 New York
07-15-26 07:23:00 Los Angeles (29 days, 17h:44m)

Please enter your maximum bid, it will only be used to the extent necessary to beat the next best bid.
Bid plus 34 % buyer's premium (differential taxation without separate VAT statement, sales tax certificate upon request).
Self pick-up: free of charge,
insured shipping:
within Germany 100,68 €,
within the EU countries 179,95 €,
outside the EU countries on request.


After entering your maximum bid you will be able to check your entry and you will be provided with further information. Only after a further confirmation your bid will be binding.


Christian Rohlfs
1849 - 1938
Herbstwald (Blauer Wald). 1920.
Water-tempera and black chalks.
Monogrammed in the lower right corner. On textured vellum by J. W. Zanders (with the watermark). 60 x 50.3 cm (23.6 x 19.8 in), the full sheet. [CH].


• Using contrasting colors and abstract-Cubist forms, Rohlfs demonstrates his mastery of Expressionist landscape painting.
• A play of contrasts: Rohlfs combines figuration and abstraction, cool and warm tones, as well as lines and planes, into a particularly captivating composition.
• Comparable works are now part of major museum collections, including the Nationalgalerie, Berlin; the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main; the Kunsthalle Mannheim; and the Albertina in Vienna.

Accompanied by a written confirmation of authenticity issued by Prof. Dr. Paul Vogt, Christian Rohlfs Estate, Essen, dated July 29, 1996 (copy).

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above in the 1990s).

A fascinating composition with a beautiful overall appearance.
The colors are slightly faded overall. Mainly in the margins, there are partial small creases and small folds. The edges of the sheet have isolated tears, professionally closed, predominantly along the left edge (0.5 to approx. 4 cm). The paper in the lower left corner of the sheet has several small tears due to a previous mounting.