The Beast

1925

Christian Rohlfs

Associated Names
Christian Rohlfs

Artist, German, 1849 - 1938

The image displays a composition of complex, overlapping lines and shapes in dark brown and deep red tones. Lighter areas provide contrast. The interwoven lines and curves suggest natural elements, resembling branches or underbrush. Some shapes appear as arch-like structures, implying a cavernous space with organic textures.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in red-brown and black with multiple overprintings on thin japan paper (artist's proof); laid down

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 13.3 x 21 cm (5 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.48.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Vogt 1960, no. 165, State (artist's proof)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie St. Etienne, New York); purchased by NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1960

  • Vogt, Paul. Christian Rohlfs; das graphische Werk. Recklinghausen: Verlag Aurel Bongers, 1960.

Inscriptions

on mount, lower right in graphite: Chr Rohlfs

Wikidata ID

Q75404066

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