About the Artwork
Violet Moonlight II
1935
Christian Rohlfs
1849-1938
German
Unknown
Water-based pigments, pastel, and crayon on heavy wove paper
Sheet: 30 × 21 1/2 inches (76.2 × 54.6 cm) Framed: 41 1/8 × 31 1/8 × 1 1/2 inches (104.5 × 79.1 × 3.8 cm)
Drawings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of John S. Newberry in memory of Dr. Wilhelm R. Valentiner
59.12
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Markings
Signed and dated, lower right: CR 35
Inscribed, in red crayon, verso, upper left: Nº 13 Mondschein 11 | W Inscribed, in pencil, verso, upper left: Violetter 1935 Nr. 1 Inscribed, in blue crayon, verso: F LIX 9 Inscribed, in pencil, verso, near center of sheet: NEWBERRY | str Page | [illegible] Inscribed, in pencil, verso, lower left center: Violetter Mondschein Inscribed, in pencil, verso, lower right: 2500.-
Watermark: P. M. FABRIANO Stamp, red stamp at edge of paper, center right: [indecipherable]
Provenance
1955, Günther Franke(Munich, Germany)
John S. Newberry (New York, New York, USA)
1959-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Vogt, Paul. Christian Rohlfs: Das graphische werk. 0166 Recklinghausen, 1960, p. 200, no. 20.
Uhr, H. Masterpieces of German Expressionism at the Detroit Institute of Arts. New York, 1982, pp. 200-201.
Masterpieces from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., Bunkamura Museum of Art. Tokyo, 1989, no. 91, (ill.).
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Christian Rohlfs, Violet Moonlight II, 1935, water-based pigments, pastel, and crayon on heavy wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of John S. Newberry in memory of Dr. Wilhelm R. Valentiner, 59.12.
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