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1911

Emil Nolde

Artist, German, 1867 - 1956

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and tonal etching in black on cream wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26.6 x 29.5 cm (10 1/2 x 11 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 33.9 x 35 cm (13 3/8 x 13 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2006.57.22

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schiefler/Mosel 1966, no. I 154, ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Associated American Artists, New York); Mrs. Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (variant of Lugt 4740), purchased October 30, 1970; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • German Expressionist Prints from the Collection of Ruth and Jacob Kainen, NGA, 1985, no. 27.

Bibliography

1966

  • Schiefler, Gustav, and C. Mosel. Emil Nolde: das graphische Werk. 2 vols. Cologne, Germany: Verlag M. Du Mont Schauberg, 1966-1967, no. I 154, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Emil Nolde; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 57.588

Wikidata ID

Q76338909

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