Auction 158

Online Catalogue with all Lots / Auction 158
Modern and Contemporary Art

Saturday, 13 December 2025 at 11:00 am

Lot 307 Christian Rohlfs. Die Rückkehr des verlorenen …

Die Rückkehr des verlorenen Sohnes. 1916. Holzschnitt auf Bütten. 50 x 37 cm (60,5 x 42 cm). In der Darstellung in Bleistift signiert. - Im unteren Blattrand in Bleistift betitelt, verso mit weiterer Bezeichnung in Bleistift. Im Blattrand partiell mit kurzen Einrissen (0,5 - 3 cm), im oberen Blattrand mit zwei sowie im rechten Rand (Motiv ca. 5 cm betroffen) mitbeinem restaurierten Papierdefekt, mit minimaler Anbräunung (etw. stärker im ehemaligen Passepartoutausschnitt), im Rand mit leichter Oberflächenanschmutzung. Insgesamt gut. Ausgezeichneter und ausgesprochen satter Druck, mit Rand.

Klassische Moderne – Utermann 139. - Vogt 99. - "Der Holzschnitt (...) von 1916 gehört zu der Reihe jener großformatigen Blätter, in denen Rohlfs von den Bedrängnissen des Krieges Abstand und Befreiung zu gewinnen betrachtete und so zu einer nicht nur für ihn allein gültigen Lösung zeitbedingter wie überzeitlicher Probleme gelangte." (Vogt, S. 45ff.)

Classical Modernism – Woodcut on laid paper. Signed in the motif in pencil. - Titled in pencil in lower margin, on verso with further inscription in pencil. Partially with short tears (0.5 - 3 cm) in the sheet margin, with two restored paper defects in the upper margin and one in the right margin (motif approx. 5 cm affected), with minimal browning (somewhat stronger in the former mat section), with slight surface soiling in the margin. Overall good. Excellent and exceptionally rich impression, with margins.

Startprice: 600 €
Estimate: 800 €

Premium and taxation
This piece is subject to differential taxation. There is a 29,5% buyer's premium on the hammer price. The value added tax is included but not displayable according to §25a UstG.

Shipping
A pickup of this work is possible in our premises at Potsdamer Str. 16, 14163 Berlin by appointment. If you wish a shipment of the work, please contact us for a consultation and shipping calculation. Framed tickets are shipped exclusively by a shipping company due to the risk of breakage. Postal shipping is only carried out at the express request and risk of the buyer.

Terms and Conditions
You can view our terms and conditions here

Droit de Suite
On the sales proceeds of all original works of fine art and photography, whose authors have not yet died 70 years before the end of the sale, an additional 2% (subject to change) of the hammer prices from 400€ will be charged pro rata for the VG Bild-Kunst, which represents the copyrights of visual artists according to § 26 UrhG.

Submit a bid

I would like to participate in your auction by accepting the General Terms and Conditions of Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH.

Please note that if you register for telephone bidding, the limit will automatically be deposited as a security bid for you and will be binding in the event of a successful bid.

My contact details:

Contact

Celine Heß
Department Modern and Contemporary Art
Phone: +49 30 2266 770 111

Ankauf

Do you want to sell an object by Christian Rohlfs?

Suchauftrag

Would you like to be notified when more objects by Christian Rohlfs are sold in future auctions?

Auction 158