Emil Nolde (1876-1956), etching and aquatint (tonal effects), 1922, signed in pencil lower right (also titled lower left). Reference: Schiefler-Mosel 207. In good condition, with very wide full margins (small loss and repaired tear upper left corner, rippling and slight soft folds at sheet edges); matrix immaculate. On an ivory wove paper with the J Zanders 1914 watermark. 12 1/4 x 9 3/4, the sheet 25 1/2 19 1/2 inches. A fine clear and well printed impression. In 1922 Nolde created 21 etchings, his last significant group of etchings. These were mostly compositions of weirdly shaped figures engaged in some activity or conversation, [...]
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Emil Nolde (1867-1956), Doppelbildness (Double Portrait), woodcut, 1937, signed in pencil and numbered 97. From the edition of 150 impressions, published by Schweizerische Graphische Gesellschaft. Reference: Schiefler and Mosel 193II (second state of 2). In excellent condition, printed in black on a heavy ivory wove paper with full margins, 12 3/8 x 9, the sheet 16 1/4 x 11 5/8 inches, archival matting. A fine fresh and unusually strong impression of this iconic image. This composition was essentially complete in the first state, but the hair of the man and woman were undifferentiated; in the second state Nolde cut a contour line between [...]
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Emil Nolde (1867-1956), Unterhaltung (Conversation), etching, 1906, signed and dated in pencil lower right and also signed by the printer Otto Felsing lower left. Reference: Gustav Schiefler 37, fourth state (of 4). A proof apart from the edition of only 20 and ”some proofs” (Schiefler says: “einige probedrucke”) of this state. In excellent condition, on a heavy laid handmade paper with the (partial) watermark “V”, the full sheet with deckle edges, 6 x 7 1/2, the sheet 21 1/2 x 15 inches. A fine exceptionally fresh impression of this superb composition, printed in a rich dark blue/green ink. According to Schiefler only 5 proofs [...]
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