Modern Day Auction
Modern Day Auction
Property from the Estate of Lloyd and Margit Cotsen, Sold to Benefit the Cotsen Foundation for the Art of Teaching
Emil Nolde
Meer E (Sea E)
No reserve
Auction Closed
November 15, 10:48 PM GMT
Estimate
1,800,000 - 2,500,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of Lloyd and Margit Cotsen, Sold to Benefit the Cotsen Foundation for the Art of Teaching
Emil Nolde
1867 - 1956
Meer E (Sea E)
signed Nolde (lower left); titled (on the reverse)
oil on panel
28½ by 39¼ in.
72.4 by 99.7 cm.
Executed in 1930.
Walther Moreira-Salles, Rio de Janeiro and Paris (acquired from the above in 1964)
E. Graf, Rio de Janeiro and Zürich
Acquired from the above in 1997 by the present owner
The artist's handlist, 1930
Käthe Klein, ed., Bilder von Emil Nolde in Essen, Essen, 1957, p. 24, illustrated
Emile Nolde, Reisen Ächtung Befreiung, Cologne, 1967, p. 95, illustrated
Martin Urban, Emil Nolde: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings 1915-1951, vol. II, London, 1990, no. 1104, p. 406, illustrated
Emile Nolde, Mein Leben, Cologne, 2008, p. 298, illustrated in color
Copenhagen, Slot Charlottenborg, Emil Nolde, 1958, no. 69, illustrated
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Emil Nolde, 1958, no. 50
Frankfurt, Kunstverein, Emil Nolde, 1958, no. 34, illustrated
Zürich, Kunsthaus, Emil Nolde 1867-1956, 1958, no. 56
Schleswig, Landesmuseum, Die Maler der "Brücke" in Schleswig-Holstein, 1962, no. 61, p. 30, illustrated in color
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Emil Nolde, 1963, no. 50
Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 1969, no. 30
Cologne, Kunsthalle, Emil Nolde, 1973, no. 99, illustrated