Emil Nolde
1867 - 1956
Ägypterin II. 1910.
Woodcut.
Signed and titled. One of 6 known copies. On sturdy wove paper. 15.3 x 10.2 cm (6 x 4 in). Sheet: 23,5 x 20 cm (9,2 x 7,8 in).

One of 6 known copies of this second state from a total print run of at least 20 copies. [AW]].
• Expressive stylistic break: With these heads, Emil Nolde breaks away from Naturalism and focuses on a stylized, expressive form.
• The “Egyptian Woman,” shrouded in a mysterious aura, is based on the 1910 painting “Pharaos Tochter findet Moses” (Nolde Foundation, Seebüll).
• Other copies of this second state are held by, among others, the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main and the Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart.
• This work was on permanent loan at the Franz Marc Museum in Kochel am See from 2017 to 2024.

PROVENANCE: Ahlers Collection, Herford.
Galerie Herold, Hamburg.
Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above).

EXHIBITION: Franz Marc Museum, Kochel am See (permanent loan from January 2017 to October 2024).

LITERATURE: Gustav Schiefler, Christel Mosel, Martin Urban, Emil Nolde – Das graphische Werk, vol. II: Holzschnitte, Lithographien, Hektographien, Cologne 1996, CR no. H 87 II (of III).

In good, freshly printed condition. The lower edge of the sheet is slightly irregular. The corners of the sheet are slightly bumped. A few small brown spots and slight creases from handling. Some faint crease marks, particularly along the center of the left and lower edges of the sheet. A small, backed tear on the lower part of the right edge. The paper is slightly unevenly browned in places and has a faint watermark along the right edge
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