Cat and Mouse

1912-1913

Christian Rohlfs

Associated Names
Christian Rohlfs

Artist, German, 1849 - 1938

The image contains sweeping curved shapes and jagged, irregular lines in black and beige. Central shape resembles a horse silhouette with elongated limbs. Surrounding shapes resemble foliage or waves. Bold contrast between dark areas and light negative spaces.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    linocut on wove cream paper, attached to a heavy wove support sheet

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17.5 × 39 cm (6 7/8 × 15 3/8 in.)
    support: 32.7 × 49.9 cm (12 7/8 × 19 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.449

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Vogt 1960, no. 65, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(R. E. Lewis, San Rafael, CA); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 4, 1985; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1960

  • Vogt, Paul. Christian Rohlfs: Das graphische Werk. Recklinghausen, 1960: no. 65, State only

Inscriptions

signed below image, in graphite: Chr Rohlfs

Wikidata ID

Q76556939

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