The Magi

c. 1910

Christian Rohlfs

Associated Names
Christian Rohlfs

Artist, German, 1849 - 1938

The image displays bold, expressive lines and sharp contrasts in black and white, forming an abstract composition. Three figures are depicted, each suggesting a regal figure with crowns on their heads. The figures hold objects resembling gifts or containers. The background consists of swirling lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 37.8 × 26.6 cm (14 7/8 × 10 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.447

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Vogt 1960, no. 22, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(R. E. Lewis, San Rafael, CA); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased July 22, 1977; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1960

  • Vogt, Paul. Christian Rohlfs: Das graphische Werk. Recklinghausen, 1960: no. 22, only

Inscriptions

monogrammed in image, at bottom left: C / R; signed in image, at bottom right, in graphite: Ch Rohlfs; on verso, in graphite, by later hand: Rohlfs: Die heiligen drei Könige. Holzschnitt um 1910. Vogt 22. / GS19

Wikidata ID

Q76556936

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