DRAWING
During her early artistic work at the Pforzheim Academy, Rothe completed a series of small, highly detailed monotypes, etchings, and drawings. These works, which she sometimes referred to as “body landscapes,” explored her own sexuality, representing nude bodies from different angles and perspectives. Her depictions of nudes in strange positions were sometimes accompanied by surreal imagery of isolated body parts such as eyes or muscles. These are very personal reflections on the relationship between the body and an inner state of mind. Rothe continued drawing through her career, and there are some sketches of her late paintings that remain in the Foundation.
