Artworks · Christian Rohlfs

Man in a Top Hat (Mann im Zylinder)

1935 · Gouache and crayon on paper

19 7/8 x 13" (50.5 x 32.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Beast (Das Tier)

1925 · Woodcut

composition: 5 7/16 x 8 11/16" (13.8 x 22.1 cm); sheet: 5 7/16 x 8 11/16" (13.8 x 22.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tower of Paul in Soest (Pauliturm in Soest)

1924 · Woodcut

composition: 8 7/16 x 4 13/16" (21.5 x 12.3 cm); sheet: 8 7/16 x 4 13/16" (21.5 x 12.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Poinsettias

1923 · Watercolor on paper

78 × 56.5 cm (30 3/4 × 22 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Farmhouse in Holstein (Holsteinisches Bauernhaus)

1923 · Woodcut

composition: 4 5/8 x 7 3/4" (11.8 x 19.7 cm); sheet: 4 5/8 x 7 3/4" (11.8 x 19.7 cm); mount: 8 3/8 x 13 13/16" (21.3 x 35.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Jew (Jude)

1923 · Woodcut

composition: 14 1/2 x 6 13/16" (36.8 x 17.3 cm); sheet: 14 1/2 x 6 13/16" (36.8 x 17.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Burgher (Der Bürger)

1922 · Frottage from woodblock

composition: 8 3/16 x 4 3/16" (20.8 x 10.6 cm); sheet: 8 3/16 x 4 3/16" (20.8 x 10.6 cm); mount: 7 11/16 x 11 3/8" (19.6 x 28.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Large Head (Grosser Kopf)

1922 · Woodcut

composition (irreg.): 16 9/16 x 8 3/8" (42 x 21.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 9/16 x 8 3/8" (42 x 21.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Large Head (Grosser Kopf)

1922 · .a Woodcut with dark blue paint additions .b Woodcut

composition (irreg.): 19 9/16 x 9 3/16" (49.7 x 23.4 cm); sheet (irreg.): 19 9/16 x 9 3/16" (49.7 x 23.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

It Was You (Du bist's gewesen)

1922 · Linoleum cut

composition: 10 11/16 x 8 1/4" (27.1 x 21 cm); sheet: 10 11/16 x 8 1/4" (27.1 x 21 cm); mount: 16 7/16 x 12 1/4" (41.7 x 31.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Alraunen (Hobgoblins) [Mandrakes (Kobolde)]

1922 · Woodcut

composition and sheet: 4 9/16 x 3 1/4" (11.6 x 8.3 cm)

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Title page for Gallery Goyert Catalogue (Titelblatt des Kataloges der Galerie Goyert)

1922 · Woodcut

composition: 8 7/16 x 5 1/2" (21.4 x 14 cm); sheet: 8 7/16 x 5 1/2" (21.4 x 14 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Promenade (Couple) [Spaziergänger (Ehepaar)]

1921 · Frottage from woodblock

composition (irreg.): 5 5/8 x 8 1/16" (14.3 x 20.5 cm); sheet: 5 11/16 x 8 9/16" (14.5 x 21.8 cm); mount: 6 5/8 x 9 5/8" (16.9 x 24.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Man at the Front Door (Mann vor der Haustür)

1921 · Woodcut

composition: 9 1/2 x 7 1/16" (24.2 x 17.9 cm); sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 1/16" (24.2 x 17.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Animals in the Pasture (Tiere auf der Weide)

1921 · Woodcut

composition: 5 1/16 x 9 5/8" (12.8 x 24.5 cm); sheet: 5 1/16 x 9 5/8" (12.8 x 24.5 cm); mount: 6 7/16 x 11 5/16" (16.4 x 28.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Street Urchin (Head with Hat [Lausbub (Kopf mit Hut)]

1921 · Woodcut

composition: 7 15/16 x 5 1/8" (20.2 x 13 cm); sheet: 7 15/16 x 5 1/8" (20.2 x 13 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Man with Pipe (Mann mit Pfeife)

1921 · Woodcut

composition: 4 1/4 x 3 1/16" (10.8 x 7.8 cm); sheet: 6 1/2 x 5 15/16" (16.5 x 15.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Monk and Children (Mönch und Kinder)

1921 · Linoleum cut

composition: 15 1/2 x 12 1/8" (39.4 x 30.8 cm); sheet: 16 7/8 x 13 1/4" (42.9 x 33.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Man with Pointed Nose (Mann mit spitzer Nase)

1921 · Woodcut

composition: 9 7/16 x 4 5/16" (24 x 11 cm); sheet: 9 7/16 x 4 5/16" (24 x 11 cm); mount: 14 3/4 x 10 5/8" (37.4 x 27 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Head III (Christ) [Kopf III (Christus)]

1921 · Woodcut

composition: 8 3/4 x 4 7/8" (22.2 x 12.4 cm); sheet: 8 3/4 x 4 7/8" (22.2 x 12.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Strolling (Spaziergänger)

1921 · Woodcut

composition: 8 11/16 x 5 1/16" (22.1 x 12.8 cm); sheet: 8 11/16 x 5" (22.1 x 12.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Man with Pointed Nose (Mann mit spitzer Nase)

1921 · Woodcut

composition: 9 5/8 x 4 7/8" (24.4 x 12.4 cm); sheet: 9 5/8 x 4 7/8" (24.4 x 12.4 cm); mount: 14 3/4 x 9 7/8" (37.5 x 25.1 cm)

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Large Heads (2 Heads I) [Grosse Köpfe (2 Köpfe I)]

1921 · Frottage from woodblock

composition (irreg.): 13 5/8 x 14 1/8" (34.6 x 35.8 cm); sheet (irreg. ): 13 5/8 x 14 1/8" (34.6 x 35.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Idol (Torso with Raised Hand) [Götze (Halbfigur mit erhobener Hand)]

1921 · Woodcut with paint additions

composition: 19 3/4 x 14 1/2" (50.2 x 36.8 cm); sheet: 19 3/4 x 14 1/2" (50.2 x 36.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dogs (Hunde)

1921 · Woodcut with ink pen additions

composition: 4 15/16 x 8 11/16" (12.5 x 22 cm); sheet: 4 15/16 x 8 11/16" (12.5 x 22 cm); mount: 9 1/8 x 12 13/16" (23.1 x 32.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Prisoner (Der Gefangene)

1918 · woodcut on wove paper

image: 60.3 x 46 cm (23 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.) sheet: 60.3 x 46 cm (23 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Old Man

1918 · woodcut in brown with graphite

image: 34 × 25.6 cm (13 3/8 × 10 1/16 in.) sheet: 39 × 36.7 cm (15 3/8 × 14 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Death as Juggler (Revolution) (Tod als Jongleur [Revolution])

1918 · woodcut, printed in blue-black, with opaque watercolor on wove paper

sheet: 36.8 × 49.6 cm (14 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Death with a Coffin (Tod mit Sarg) (plate, preceding p. 265) from the periodical Das Kunstblatt, vol. 2, no. 9 (Sep 1918)

1918 · Woodcut

composition: 8 7/16 x 5 7/8" (21.5 x 14.9 cm); sheet: 8 9/16 x 11 1/4" (21.7 x 28.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Good Shepherd (Der gute Hirte) (plate, loose leaf) from the periodical Das Kunstblatt, vol. 2, no. 9 (Sep 1918)

1918 · Woodcut

composition: 8 9/16 x 3 3/4" (21.8 x 9.6 cm); sheet: 11 3/16 x 8 7/16" (28.4 x 21.5 cm)

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Death as a Juggler (Revolution) [Tod als Jongleur (Revolution)]

1918 · Woodcut

composition: 14 5/16 x 17 11/16" (36.4 x 45 cm); sheet: 14 11/16 x 17 11/16" (37.3 x 45 cm)

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Prisoner (Der Gefangene)

1918 · Woodcut

composition: 24 1/8 x 18 1/4" (61.2 x 46.3 cm); sheet: 24 1/8 x 18 1/4" (61.2 x 46.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Death as Juggler

1918 · Woodcut monotype

13 7/8 x 17 3/8 in. (35.2 x 44.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Death with a Coffin

1917 · woodcut

National Gallery of Art

Resurrection (Auferstehung)

1917 · Woodcut

composition: 5 3/16 x 14 5/8" (13.2 x 37.2 cm); sheet: 5 3/16 x 14 5/8" (13.2 x 37.2 cm); mount: 12 1/8 x 18 3/4" (30.8 x 47.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Expulsion from Paradise (large version) [Austreibung aus dem Paradies (groß)]

1917 · Woodcut

composition (irreg.): 21 1/8 x 27 3/16" (53.6 x 69.1 cm); sheet: 23 1/4 x 31" (59 x 78.8 cm)

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The Entertainer

1917 · Gouache, watercolor and graphite pencil on paper

18 1/8 x 12 1/2" (45.9 x 31.5 cm)

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Susanna and the Elders

1916 · woodcut in black on wove paper

block: 36.4 x 26.9 cm (14 5/16 x 10 9/16 in.) sheet: 42.5 x 29.8 cm (16 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Return of the Prodigal Son

1916 · woodcut

overall: 50 × 36.6 cm (19 11/16 × 14 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Return of the Prodigal Son (Rückkehr des verlorenen Sohnes)

1916 · Woodcut

composition: 19 3/4 x 14 7/16" (50.1 x 36.6 cm); sheet: 22 5/8 x 17 1/2" (57.4 x 44.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sermon on the Mount (Bergpredigt)

1916 · Woodcut with black paint additions

composition: 17 1/2 x 16 3/8" (44.5 x 41.6 cm); sheet: 17 1/2 x 16 3/8" (44.5 x 41.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Return of the Prodigal Son (Rückkehr des verlorenen Sohnes) from the annual portfolio of the Alliance for the Advancement of German Art (Verbindung zur Förderung deutscher Kunst)

1916 · Woodcut

composition (irreg.): 19 15/16 x 14 7/16" (50.7 x 36.6 cm); sheet: 24 1/8 x 17 1/8" (61.3 x 43.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Blue Fan Dancer

1916 · Gouache and watercolor on paper

19 x 13 7/8" (48.3 x 35.2 cm)

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Expulsion from Paradise (small version) [Austreibung aus dem Paradies (klein)]

1915 · Woodcut

composition: 4 15/16 x 14" (12.6 x 35.5 cm); sheet: 4 15/16 x 14" (12.6 x 35.5 cm); mount: 8 1/8 x 15 9/16" (20.6 x 39.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Head II (Kopf II)

1915 · Woodcut with hand-colored additions

composition: 9 1/16 x 5 5/16" (23 x 13.5 cm); sheet: 9 1/16 x 5 5/16" (23 x 13.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Drunkard (Trinker)

1915 · Woodcut with black ink additions

composition: 5 3/4 x 3 7/8" (14.6 x 9.9 cm); sheet: 5 3/4 x 3 7/8" (14.6 x 9.9 cm); mount: 9 15/16 x 5 3/4" (25.3 x 14.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Elijah with the Raven II (large version) [Elias mit dem Raben II (groß)]

1915 · Woodcut

composition: 8 9/16 x 6" (21.7 x 15.2 cm); sheet: 8 9/16 x 6" (21.7 x 15.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Little Couple (Kleines Paar)

1915 · Woodcut

composition: 5 11/16 x 3 7/8" (14.5 x 9.9 cm); sheet: 5 11/16 x 3 7/8" (14.5 x 9.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art