Emil Nolde (1867-1956)

Dsterer Männerkopf

Details

Emil Nolde (1867-1956)
Dsterer Männerkopf
lithograph printed in black and brown, 1907-15, on wove paper, third (final) state, a very good, strong impression, signed in pencil, presumably one of the 24 impressions in this state recorded by Urban (Urban records three colour combinations in this state, two of which with an extended border; there was also an edition of 100 in the second state in black only printed in 1907), with margins, an approx. 55mm. repaired tear at the right edge just extending into the image, one or two printer's creases with associated repairs and rubbing at the lower edge, a further few small, unobtrusive repairs mainly at the sheet edges, pale discoloration, lesser defects
L. 17¼ x 13¼in. (440 x 335mm.), S. 23 x 16in. (582 x 411mm.)

Literature

G. Schiefler, C. Mosel and M. Urban, Emil Nolde, Das graphische Werk, Cologne, 1995, no. 17

Lot Essay

This haunting self-portrait is one of Nolde's earliest lithographs which he printed only in black in 1907. He retained the print in his collection, and following the success of his colour lithographs in 1913, he overprinted some of his early lithographs with colour stones.

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