Palmen in der Südsee

Details

EMIL NOLDE (1867-1956)
Palmen in der Südsee
signed 'Nolde.' (lower right)
watercolour and brush and ink on paper
11 3⁄8 x 15 1⁄8 in. (28.8 x 38.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1913-1914

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner in 1956.

Literature

Exhibited

Frankfurt am Main, Schirn Kunsthalle, Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus der Deutschen Bank, March-April, 1995, no. 132, p. 228 (illustrated p. 229); this exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Berlinischen Galerie, Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Photographie und Architektur, May-July 1995; and Leipzig, Museum der Bildenden Künste, August-September 1995.
Augsburg, Kunstsammlungen, Landschaften eines Jahrhunderts aus der Sammlung Deutsche Bank, June-July 2001, p. 79 (illustrated).

Special Notice

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Further Details

The late Dr. Martin Urban from the Nolde Stiftung, Seebüll, confirmed the authenticity of this work.

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Lot Essay

Palmen in der Südsee dates from 1913-1914, when Nolde was invited to join a German expedition to the South Pacific to study racial characteristics in German New Guinea. This trip solidified his interest in the work of Paul Gauguin and Primitivism, a style he continued to incorporate in his own work from this time, and into the 1930s.

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