Sale: 502 / Modern Art II, July 18. 2020 in Munich Lot 406

 

406
Christian Rohlfs
Feldmohn in blauer Vase, 1923.
Gouache
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 12,960
Sold:
€ 10,938 / $ 11,813

(incl. surcharge)
Feldmohn in blauer Vase. 1923.
Gouache.
Lower right monogrammed and dated, with a barely legible signature in upper left. On creme wove paper. 36.2 x 26.5 cm (14.2 x 10.4 in), the full sheet. [CH].

• Notable provenance
• Part of a Northern German private collection since the 1920s
• Flower still lifes count among the artist‘s most sought-after works on the international auction market
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The work will be presented to the Rohlfs Archive, Osthaus Museum Hagen, for verification at the earliest possible date in summer 2020.

PROVENANCE: Collection Peter Kölln, Elmshorn (acquired directly from the artist before 1930).
Private collection Northern Germany (through inheritance)
Ever since family-owned.

EXHIBITION: Kunst der letzten 30 Jahre aus Hamburger Privatbesitz, Kunstverein in Hamburg, October 26 - November 17, 1930, cat. no. 211.




406
Christian Rohlfs
Feldmohn in blauer Vase, 1923.
Gouache
Estimate:
€ 12,000 / $ 12,960
Sold:
€ 10,938 / $ 11,813

(incl. surcharge)