Bidspirit auction | Emil Nolde: Stilles Meer

Emil Nolde: Stilles Meer - NOLDE, EMIL 1867 Nolde - 1956 Seebüll Title: Stilles Meer. Technique: Watercolour on Japan. Measurement: 34 x 47,5cm. Notation: Signed lower right: Nolde. Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame. Enclosed with this work a confirmation of authenticity from Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf, dated 14th December 1979, and a confirmation from the Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation. It is registered there under the number Fr.A.659 and will be included in a future catalogue raisonné of the watercolours and drawings. Provenance: - Emil Nolde-Stiftung, Seebüll - Private collection - Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf - Private collection Hamburg (since 1979) - Private collection Austria (by inheritance) - Wonderful play with perspective through the dominant use of the colour blue - The fusion of sea and sky shows Nolde's proximity to abstraction - Nolde's depictions of the North German sea are among the artist's most sought-after motifs Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction. Explanations to the Catalogue Emil Nolde Germany Die Brücke Modern Art Craftman's frame Landscape Watercolour Watercolour Northern Germany