Emil Nolde

Fischer Fine Arts Ltd., London
Acquired from the above by the late owner in December 1989 

Executed on Japan paper, not laid down, attached to the mount at all four edges and to the centre of the top edge, floating in the mount. There is restorer's tape along all four edges of the reverse to reinforce the edges. Apart from some very minor handling marks, this work is in very good condition. Colours: Overall more blue and more subtle in the original.
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Marjorie Webster Williams was the granddaughter of a German mining engineer who came to California during the 1849 Gold Rush. Growing up with artists, journalists and other supporters of the arts, Marjorie began drawing with pen and ink by the age of eight and continued creating art throughout her life. Another of her passions was gardening and her shared loves of the painted landscape and the garden drew her to the beautiful work of Emil Nolde who clearly shared similar passions.

Created during the seventies and eighties, this important ensemble sets off major figures of the German and Austrian avant-garde, such as Gustav Klimt, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, George Grosz and Hermann Max Pechstein. Sotheby's is honoured to present works from the Marjorie Webster Williams Collection in its series of Impressionist and Modern Art auctions on 5th & 6th February 2008.