Lot 15
  • 15

Emil Nolde

Estimate
180,000 - 250,000 GBP
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Description

  • Emil Nolde
  • FARBIGER ABENDHIMMEL ÜBER DER MARSCH (COLOURED EVENING SKY ABOVE THE MARSHLAND)
  • signed Nolde (lower left)

  • watercolour on paper

  • 35 by 45.5cm., 13 3/4 by 17 7/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Neher, Essen
Acquired from the above by the present owners in December 1986

Condition

Executed on Japan paper, not laid down. The sheet is attached to the mount in all four corners and in the centre of all four edges. There are artist's pinholes in all four corners. Apart from three nailhead-sized spots of foxing in the lower right quadrant and some scattered tiny spots of foxing in the sky, this work is in good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate, although the greens are brighter in the original.
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