Männlicher Rückenakt. 1909.
Watercolor.
Lower left monogrammed and dated "9". On creme wove paper. 62 x 46.5 cm (24.4 x 18.3 in), size of sheet. [CH].


• Christian Rohlfs interprets classical nude painting in a dynamic style using broad brushstrokes.
• In 1901, Karl Ernst Osthaus invited him to Hagen, where he worked in the studios of the newly founded Hagen Museum and began to develop his expressionist style.
• In 1907, Rohlfs became a member of the Sonderbund westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler (Association of West German Art Lovers and Artists).

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Switzerland.
Galerie Jörg Schuhmacher, Frankfurt am Main.
Private collection, South Germany (acquired from the above in 2013).
In family ownership ever since.

LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, Moderne Kunst, June 14, 2003, lot 1555 (illustrated)
Galerie Kornfeld Auktionen, Bern, Kunst des 19. bis 21. Jahrhunderts, June 14, 2013, lot 576 (illustrated).


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