Lot 359
  • 359

Emil Nolde

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Emil Nolde
  • Zwei Männer (Two Men)
  • signed Nolde (towards lower left)
  • watercolour and pen and ink on paper
  • 17 by 14.5cm., 6 5/8 by 5 3/4 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Germany
A gift from the above to the present owner circa 2012

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, hinged to the mount in two places along the upper edge and floating in the mount. The left and lower edges of the sheet are slightly unevenly cut. There are some flattened creases and a small nick to the upper left corner. There is a vertical flattened crease along the right edge and a further horizontal flattened crease measuring approximately 3.5cm. to the lower part of the left edge. There is some light rubbing in places to the sheet, inherent to the artist's process and the sheet is slightly undulating due to application of medium. The pigments are well preserved. This work is in overall very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Executed between 1938 and 1945, Emil Nolde’s Two Men is a wonderful example of the artist’s so called ungemalte Bilder (unpainted images), which he created in secrecy in the seclusion of Seebüll, during his working ban which had been imposed by the Nazis. The name unpainted images refers both to the fact that these works were created despite the artist's working ban as well as to the fact that the artist intended to execute the works on a large scale once possible. Works from this group are known for their striking intensity in colour and their small scale, which made them easy to hide.