Lot 312
  • 312

Christian Rohlfs

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Christian Rohlfs
  • Monte Tamaro am Lago Maggiore (Monte Tamaro on Lake Maggiore)
  • signed with the initials CR and dated 35 (lower right)
  • tempera, watercolour, charcoal and crayon on paper
  • 50.5 by 65.5cm., 19 3/4 by 25 3/4 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Germany (acquired by 1955)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and floating in the mount. The sheet is glued intermittently along all four edges. All edges are deckled. There are three artist's pinholes at the upper right corner and two further artist's pinholes at the upper left corner. There are a few very tiny pigment losses to the thicker brown pigment towards the centre of the right edge. This work is in very good condition.
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