Lot 526
  • 526

Emil Nolde

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Emil Nolde
  • Blumen (Flowers)
  • signed Nolde (lower right) and dedicated Blumen, schöne Tage - liebe Menschen Ihre A. u. E.N. on the mount
  • watercolour on paper
  • 34 by 47.7cm., 13 3/8 by 18 3/4 in.

Provenance

Erna Hanfstaengel, Munich (a gift from the artist in 1934)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Executed on fibrous paper, not laid down, attached to the mount at the upper two corners and floating in the mount. There are a few fine creases and some faint spots of foxing in places. The mount is time stained. This work is in overall good condition.
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