EMIL NOLDE 1867-1956
Nolde 1867 - 1956 Seebüll (German)

Title: Hamburg, Mild Atmosphere | Hamburg, Milde Stimmung, 1910

Technique: Original Hand Signed Drypoint on thin Van Gelder Zonen Laid Paper

Paper size: 36.5 x 46.9 cm. / 14.4 x 18.5 in.
Image size: 30.8 x 40.7 cm. / 12.1 x 16 in.

Additional Information: This original drypoint is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist "Emil Nolde" at the lower right margin.
It is one of at least 18 impressions printed on Van Gelder Zonen paper, from a total of 20 impressions in the first and second states. There were two impressions of the first state.
It was printed by Genthe, Hamburg, and by Carl Sabo, Berlin. The edition was never published.
The paper bears the Van Gelder Zonen watermark in the right margin.

Note: This work is also known as ‘Hamburg. Hafenstimmung’, [Hamburg. Harbour Atmosphere].
Other impressions of this subject are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Das Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main.

Provenance: Galerie Günther Franke, Munich.
Private Collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1935).
By descent through the family since 1935.

Literature: Schiefler, G., Mosel, C. & Urban, M.(1995). Emil Nolde : das graphische Werk. Cologne: M. DuMont Schauberg.
Reference: Schiefler, Mosel & Urban 136 II (of II)

Condition: Very good condition. The sheet reduced on all sides. Minor skinning from previous hinging, verso. Skilfully repaired tears at the upper sheet edges, far from the image.