Lot 88
  • 88

EMIL NOLDE | Christus und die Sünderin (Sch./M. R155)

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Emil Nolde
  • Christus und die Sünderin (Sch./M. R155)
  • Etching with aquatint
  • plate: 318 by 267mm 12 1/2 by 10 1/2 in
  • sheet: 597 by 460mm 23 1/2 by 18 1/8 in
Etching and aquatint, 1911, Schiefler's fifth state (of six), signed in pencil, on Van Gelder Zonen laid paper with the crowned Fleur de Lys watermark

Provenance

Dr. Heinrich Becker Bielefeld; thence by descent to the present owners

Condition

With full margins (a deckle edge on three sides), in good condition, with pale light-staining, remains of paper tape along the top sheet edge, stray minute fox marks verso, unframed.
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