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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.133
People
Christian Rohlfs, German (Niendorf bei Leezen, Holstein 1849 - 1938 Hagen)
Title
The Prodigal Son
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Der verlorene Sohn
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1916
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/141688

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in brown and blue inks on off-white wove paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 49 x 35.5 cm (19 5/16 x 14 in.)
mount, inlay: 62.9 x 49.9 cm (24 3/4 x 19 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.r.: Chr. Rohlfs

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
William H. Schab Master Prints & Drawings, Inc..

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase in memory of Eda K. Loeb
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.133
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Descriptions

Description
two impressions from the one block

Publication History

  • Paul Vogt, Christian Rohlfs: das graphische Werk, A. Bongers (Recklinghausen, 1960), (related image) p. 45, no. 99
  • Christian Rohlfs : das druckgraphische Gesamtwerk, exh. cat., Galerie Utermann (Dortmund, 1988), (related image) p. 118, no. 139
  • Christian Rohlfs zum 150. Geburtstag : Gemälde, Wassertemperas, Aquarelle, Holz- und Linolschnitte, exh. cat., Galerie Nierendrof (Berlin, Germany, 1999 - 2000), (related image) p. 35-37, no. 31-33
  • Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 161

Verification Level

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