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unpublished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