Graphic art was to have a considerable share in Rhode’s practice. His first prints were made during his time at the Academy, and the collection shows them at various development stages. A few of his first etchings from the early 1940s, Tile Stove with Fire, and The Katarinahissen Lift, were made after drawings Tile Stove with Fire och The Katarinahissen Lift were made after drawings (The Katarina Hissen Lift, 1941, and Untitled, Tile Stove and Fire, 1942.For many young artists at the time, prints and public commissions were a means of making art more democratic and accessible. In the 1950s, he produced few but nonetheless important prints, but in the 1960s he worked on more extensive series on the subjects of Seston, Day and Night, The Family, and Sign Figures.
Kakelugn med brasa, 1942
Katarinahissen, 1941
Further reading
Thomas Millroth, Lennart Rodhe, Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening, Uddevalla 1989
Börje Magnusson och Thomas Millroth, Rodhe som grafiker, Atlantis, Värnamo 1993
Per Bjurström, Bagateller, Carlssons bokförlag, Malmö 1995
Per Bjurström, Blockteckningar och reseskisser, Carlssons bokförlag, Malmö 1995
Mailis Stensman, Rodhe som textilare, Norstedts förlag, Värnamo 1995
The book Rodhe som grafiker (Rodhe as a Graphic Artist) includes a comprehensive biography and bibliography, along with an index stating where his prints have been exhibited.