MoMA

German Expressionism

Works from the Collection


Styles Themes Techniques | Artists Print Publishers | Illustrated Books Portfolios Periodicals | Maps Chronology

THE COLLECTION

Search Results

Showing 747 of 1092

Christian Rohlfs (German, 1849–1938)

Return of the Prodigal Son (Rückkehr des verlorenen Sohnes)

Date:
(1916)
Medium:
Woodcut
Dimensions:
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)
Paper:
Light gray, smooth, wove.
Publisher:
unpublished
Printer:
The artist
Edition:
few impressions [this ex.]; plus 80 in the annual portfolio of the Alliance for the Advancement of German Art (Verbindung zur Förderung deutscher Kunst), published 1931
Credit Line:
Purchase
Reference:
Vogt 99. Rifkind 2380.
MoMA Number:
510.1949
Themes:
Primitivism, Religion
Techniques:
Woodcut

Share by E-mail
Share by Text Message