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an image of a drawing of a clock with birds flying over itan image of a black and white drawing of a bird on a treea picture of a cat that is sitting on a table
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Estimate €30 - €60
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Otto Rohse* (Intersburg 1925 – 2016 Hamburg) To Gryphius; The Evening, 1980 copperplate on paper, 14 x 14 cm signed Otto Rohse verso signed, dated, inscribed and numbered Rohse 1980 To Gryphius “Evening” No. 76 ESTIMATE €30 – €60 STARTING PRICE €30 Otto Rohse was a German painter, graphic artist and illustrator working in the Realist style, specialising in portraits and everyday scenes. Born in 1925 in Insterburg (now Chernyakhovsk, Russia) as the son of a teacher, he studied at the Hamburg State School of Art from 1947 to 1952 under Erich Hartmann and Willem Grimm. From 1955 onwards, he took part in exhibitions at the Hamburger Kunsthalle, worked as a freelance artist in Hamburg-Wellingsbüttel, and from 1960 illustrated books and magazines with his refined linework. Rohse created portraits, interiors and street scenes characterised by clear lines, understated lighting and psychological precision, influenced by New Objectivity, North German Realism and contemporary illustration. His tempera and oil paintings, watercolours and book illustrations conveyed an unhurried objectivity and a sense of everyday poetry. Further artists and terms: Erich Hartmann, Willem Grimm, Hamburg art scene, New Objectivity, post-war period, realistic illustration, Kunsthalle Hamburg, North German painting, portraiture PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price comprises the highest bid plus the buyer’s premium, VAT and, where applicable, the artists’ resale rights fee and platform fee. In the case of standard taxation (marked °), a premium of 24 per cent is added to the highest bid. The statutory VAT of 13 per cent (20 per cent for photographs) is added to the sum of the highest bid, the buyer’s premium and the platform fee. The buyer’s premium amounts to 28 per cent in the case of differential taxation. VAT is included in the differential taxation.
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About the sale Modern Art, Lots 1–508: Starts at 10.00 am CET; Lots 509–981: Starts at 4.00 pm CET
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Auction time 09/30/2026 at 10:00 AM
Lot description modified on 09/26/2026 at 1:00 PM
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