Sale 6168
London
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7 October 1999
Price realised
GBP 45,500
Estimate
Emil Nolde (1867-1956) Tulpen signed 'Nolde' (lower right) watercolour on Japan paper 13.5/8 x 18.5/8in. (34.6 x 47.3cm.)
Provenance
Dr Spitzer, Germany. Maria Tannenbaum, Rye, New York. Herbert Tannenbaum Galleries, New York, where purchased by the present owner in April 1964.
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Exhibited
New York, Serge Sabarsky Gallery, Emil Nolde, January 1972.
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