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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 28, 2025 | Sotheby's | Cologne | Modern and Contemporary Discoveries | 44 | $****** - ****** | Die gelben Bäume (The yellow trees) |
paintings
100 x 61.4 cm (39.37 x 24.17 in)
tempera on canvas
signed with the initials CR (lower right); inscribed Baumgruppe and Ch Rohlfs (on the stretcher)
Ferdinand Möller, Berlin
Galerie Flechtheim, Dusseldorf
Private Collection, Essen (by 1955/56)
Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin
Achenbach Art Consulting, Dusseldorf (by 1984)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Leverkusen, Bayer AG & Essen, Folkwang Museum, Christian Rohlfs, Gemälde, Temperablätter, Zeichnungen und Graphik , 1955- 1956, no. 4
Baden-Baden, Erwin-Heinrich-Gesellschaft, Christian Rohlfs , 1958, no. 7
Braunschweig, Haus Salve Hospes, Christian Rohlfs, Ölgemälde, Tempera, Aquarelle, Graphik, 1958- 1959, no. 12
Dortmund, Museum am Ostwall, Christian Rohlfs , 1959, no. 25
Heidelberg, Kunstverein, Christian Rohlfs , 1959, no. 6
Darmstadt, Kunsthalle am Steubenplatz, Christian Rohlfs, Das Spätwerk , 1960, no. 1
Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle, Christian Rohlfs , 1960, no. 47
Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, Christian Rohlfs , 1960, no. 22
Vienna, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Christian Rohlfs , 1961, no. 23
Berlin, Galerie Nierendorf, Christian Rohlfs, Bilder, Aquarelle, Graphik , no. 18, illustrated
Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, L"Espressionismo , 1964, no. 499, p. 221, illustrated
San Francisco, Museum of Art, Christian Rohlfs, 1966, no. 14
Dusseldorf, Galerie Grosshennig, Deutsche und französische Meisterwerke des 20. Jahrhunderts , 1967- 1968, p. 24, illustrated
Dusseldorf, Galerie Grosshennig, Deutsche und französische Meisterwerke des 20. Jahrhunderts , 1968- 1969, p. 20, illustrated
Berlin, Galerie Nierendorf, Kunstblätter der Galerie Nierendorf Nr. 17 , 1969, no. 14, p. 13, illustrated
Berlin, Galerie Nierendorf, 1920-1970, 50 Jahre Galerie Nierendorf , 1970, no. 32, p. 61, illustrated
Paul Vogt, Christian Rohlfs, Oeuvre-Katalog der Gemäld e, Recklinghausen, 1978, no. 568, n.p., illustrated
Property from a Distinguished Collection, Europe
Christian Rohlfs
1849 - 1938
Die gelben Bäume (The yellow trees)
signed with the initials CR (lower right); inscribed Baumgruppe and Ch Rohlfs (on the stretcher)
tempera on canvas
100 by 61.4 cm.
39⅜ by 24⅛ in.
Executed circa 1916.
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Christian Rohlfs Archiv , Hagen.
