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  EMIL NOLDE Bergfrühling , 1920/ 24. Aquarell Object description Mountain spring  .  1920/24 watercolor and ink. Signed lower right.  On Japan.  35 x 46.8 cm (13.7 x 18.4 in), the full sheet.  [SM]. With a photo expertise from Prof. Dr.  Manfred Reuther from October 28, 2017. PROVENANCE: Private collection (acquired around 1977). Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia. "Once upon a time it was as if Switzerland should have become my home country." Emil Nolde essay The offered watercolor "Mountain Spring" shows a relatively unknown side of the artist: his enthusiasm for Switzerland and its imposing mountain landscape.  Works from Nolde's time in St. Gallen and Davos, Switzerland, rarely find their way onto the art market, making the present work a rarity and specialty.  As a member of the Swiss Alpine Club SAC, Nolde explores the mountain landscape on many climbing tours and conquers peaks of up to 4000 meters.  The artist captured th...

  EMIL NOLDE Brandung , Um 1937. Aquarell Object description Surf  .  Around 1937. Watercolor with India ink and brush drawings. Signed lower right.  Titled and dedicated on the old cardboard included.  On firm Japan.  18.2 x 12.9 cm (7.1 x 5 in), the full sheet. Small study of unusual color density  . With a photo expertise from Prof. Dr.  Manfred Reuther from November 16, 2010. The work is registered in the Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation, Seebüll. essay Even in the small format, Emil Nolde developed a strength of the color-intensive overall impression that characterizes his famous watercolors.  The breaks in the light of the times of day, the unusual colors of the sky over the sea, were the triggering moment for Emil Nolde's interpretations.  The sea in its unfathomable variations of appearance as well as the barren Holstein landscape have been interpreted by Nolde in a variety of motifs that have hardly been seen before, let alone pict...

  EMIL NOLDE Schweizer Bergsee mit Wolkenspiegelungen , Wohl 1930. Aquarell Object description Swiss mountain lake with cloud reflections  .  Probably the 1930s. Watercolor. Signed lower right.  With the collection stamp of the Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation (not in Lugt) and the handwritten number "H a 17" on the reverse.  On Japan.  34 x 47 cm (13.3 x 18.5 in), the full sheet. With a letter from the Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation, Seebüll, dated April 10, 2018. The work is registered in the Foundation's archive. PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate. EXHIBITION: The nature is wonderful here and great - Nolde and Switzerland, Dependance Berlin of the Nolde Foundation Seebüll, 2010, cat.-no.  87. "Nolde is one of the greatest watercolorists in art history." Dr.  Christian Ring, Director of the Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation, Seebüll. quoted from Christian Ring / Hans-Joachim Throl, Emil Nolde.  Young Art, 2014, p. 32 essay The mountain la...

  EMIL NOLDE Weiße Calla über roten und gelben Blüten , Um 1925/1930. Aquarell Object description White calla over red and yellow flowers  .  Around 1925/1930. Watercolor. Signed lower right.  On Japan.  34.3 x 45.8 cm (13.5 x 18 in), the full sheet. With a photo expertise from Prof. Dr.  Martin Urban, Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation, dated April 25, 1993, with additional handwritten confirmation from Dr.  Manfred Reuther, Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation, Seebüll, from July 8, 2008. The work is registered in the archive of the Nolde Foundation. PROVENANCE: Villa Grisebach Auctions, Berlin, 37th auction, selected works, May 27, 1994, cat.-no.  25, with full-page illus. Private collection Baden-Würtemberg (acquired from aforementioned in 1994, in family possession since). "The blooming colors of the flowers and the purity of these colors, I loved them. I loved the flowers in their fate: sprouting, blooming, glowing brightly, exhilarating, slopin...

  EMIL NOLDE Segelschiff am Abend , 1946. Aquarell Object description Sailing ship in the evening  .  1946. Watercolor. Signed lower right.  On Japan.  22.6 x 25.6 cm (8.8 x 10 in), the full sheet. [SM]. • Colorful watercolor of haunting density and atmospheric effect. • Contrast-rich play of colors both in the comparison of color values ​​and in the application of color. • The sea as the preferred theme for Nolde  . With a photo expertise from Prof. Dr.  Manfred Reuther, Klockries, dated May 8, 2021. The work is registered in his archive under the number "Nolde A - 210/2021". PROVENANCE: Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia. essay Emil Nolde's late watercolors are inspired by the artist's great maturity.  The density of the composition, in which sea and sky seem to merge pictorially somewhere in what seems immeasurable distance, finds its well-placed accentuation in the stately two-masted sailing ship high on the wind, caressed by the blue w...

  EMIL NOLDE Marschlandschaft bei Utenwarf , Um 1920/1925. Aquarell Object description Marshland near Utenwarf  .  Around 1920/1925. Watercolor. Signed lower left.  On Japan.  32.5 x 44.8 cm (12.7 x 17.6 in), the full sheet. With an expertise from Prof. Martin Urban, Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation, dated March 28, 1983. PROVENANCE: Kunsthandlung Wolfgang Werner, Bremen (with the label on the old cardboard back of the frame). Private collection Northern Germany. "After our beloved, dreamy Utenwarf - it is within easy sight, mysteriously surrounded by lilac bushes, we often looked over, always with the feeling of solidarity, because it meant so much to us." Emil Nolde, 1926, quoted from: Festschrift for the exhibition Ada and Emil Nolde on memory, Seebüll 1957, p. 30. essay Emil Nolde remained loyal to the landscape of his home country throughout his life as a painter.  This is where he gets most of his suggestions and turns a rather unspectacular flat...

  EMIL NOLDE Bauernhof (Hof Hülltoft) in Nordfriesland mit Korndiemen , 1928/1930. Aquarell Object description Farm (Hof Hüllenoft) in North Friesland with grain belts  .  1928/1930. Watercolor. Signed lower right.  On Japan.  34.5 x 45.7 cm (13.5 x 17.9 in), the full sheet. With a photo expertise from Prof. Dr.  Manfred Reuther from September 21, 2016. PROVENANCE: Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d'Italia (camp catalog V, 1968, no. 129 with ill.) Private collection (acquired directly from aforementioned in 1968). EXHIBITION: Emil Nolde, watercolors, Kunstverein Hamburg 1967, cat.-no.  177. essay Emil Nolde owes a large part of his watercolor motifs to his native North Frisia.  A connection with this barren landscape was based solely on his residence, which he had developed into his very personal realm with love and perseverance.  Emil Nolde's interpretation of the Frisian farmhouse in its down-to-earth simplicity is almost mythical, as it li...