THE COLLECTION
Christian Rohlfs (German, 1849–1938)
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)
- Date:
- (1916, published 1931)
- Medium:
- Woodcut
- Dimensions:
- 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)
- Paper:
- Cream, smooth, laid Japan.
- Publisher:
- Verbindung zur Förderung deutscher Kunst, Berlin
- Printer:
- The artist
- Edition:
- Portfolio: 80 [this ex,]; plus few impressions outside the edition
- Credit Line:
- Purchase
- Reference:
- Vogt 99. Söhn 731-3. Rifkind 2380.
- MoMA Number:
- 24.1947
- Themes:
- Religion
- Techniques:
- Woodcut