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Akrobaten: Acrobats in Action
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Christian Rohlfs (1849-1938)
Akrobaten: Acrobats in Action
signed with initials and dated 'CR 29' (lower right); and signed again (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
100 x 60 cm.
Akrobaten: Acrobats in Action
signed with initials and dated 'CR 29' (lower right); and signed again (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
100 x 60 cm.
Provenance
Hagen, Städtisches Museum, bought directly from the artist in 1930. Confiscated as 'degenerate art' in the Summer of 1937.
Berlin, Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda, (from 1937 and transferred to storage at Schloss Schönhausen, Berlin, 1938) inv.no. EK7546.
With Mr. Bernard A. Böhmer, Güstrow (on commission from the above).
Berlin, Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda, (returned by the above ca 1941 and transferred for safe-keeping to Güstrow in circa 1943-1944).
With Mr. Bernhard A. Böhmer, Güstrow (from circa 1943/44 to 3 May 1945).
The Böhmer estate, later Mrs. Wilma Zelck, Rostock/Berlin/Hamburg, by descent from the above 1945-1950.
Mr. Dr. Conrad Doebbeke, Berlin.
Mrs. Elsa Doebbeke, Berlin, by descent from the above.
Mr. Roman Norbert Ketterer; his Sale, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinet, Stuttgart, 29/30 May 1959, lot 796.
Galerie Günther Franke, München, 1959, where acquired by the present owner in 1966.
Berlin, Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda, (from 1937 and transferred to storage at Schloss Schönhausen, Berlin, 1938) inv.no. EK7546.
With Mr. Bernard A. Böhmer, Güstrow (on commission from the above).
Berlin, Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda, (returned by the above ca 1941 and transferred for safe-keeping to Güstrow in circa 1943-1944).
With Mr. Bernhard A. Böhmer, Güstrow (from circa 1943/44 to 3 May 1945).
The Böhmer estate, later Mrs. Wilma Zelck, Rostock/Berlin/Hamburg, by descent from the above 1945-1950.
Mr. Dr. Conrad Doebbeke, Berlin.
Mrs. Elsa Doebbeke, Berlin, by descent from the above.
Mr. Roman Norbert Ketterer; his Sale, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinet, Stuttgart, 29/30 May 1959, lot 796.
Galerie Günther Franke, München, 1959, where acquired by the present owner in 1966.
Literature
P. Vogt (ed), Christian Rohlfs. Oeuvre-Katalog de Gemälde, Recklinghausen 1978, cat.no. 739.
Meike Hoffmann (ed), Ein Händler 'entarteter' Kunst. Bernhard A. Böhmer und sein Nachlass, Schriften der Forschungstelle 'Entartete Kunst', Vol. 3, Berlin 2010, cat.no. II.374 (this book is forthcoming and will be published later this year).
Meike Hoffmann (ed), Ein Händler 'entarteter' Kunst. Bernhard A. Böhmer und sein Nachlass, Schriften der Forschungstelle 'Entartete Kunst', Vol. 3, Berlin 2010, cat.no. II.374 (this book is forthcoming and will be published later this year).
Exhibited
München, Galerie Günther Franke, Quer durch die Zeit. 1905-1960, 1960.
München, Haus der Kunst München, Entartete Kunst, Bildersturm vor 25 Jahren, 25 October-16 December 1962, cat.no. 137, as: Akrobaten. (where erroneously catalogued as confiscated from the Museum Folkwang in Essen).
München, Haus der Kunst München, Entartete Kunst, Bildersturm vor 25 Jahren, 25 October-16 December 1962, cat.no. 137, as: Akrobaten. (where erroneously catalogued as confiscated from the Museum Folkwang in Essen).
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