Lot 3235* - A211 Impressionist & Modern Art - Friday, 29. November 2024, 05.00 PM
EMIL NOLDE
(Nolde 1867–1956 Seebüll)
Dahlias and Delphinium.
Watercolour on Japan paper.
Signed lower right: Nolde.
34.5 × 47.7 cm.
Provenance:
- Paul Nordmann, Berlin, acquired in the 1930s from the above owner, and thence by descent.
- Sale Grisebach, Berlin, 25.11.1988, Lot 81.
- Private collection, Germany, acquired at the above auction.
The strong colors of the yellow, orange and red dahlias jump out at the eye like fireworks and enliven the comparatively neutral background. Their bright yellow accentuates the delphinium blossoms and forms a bouquet of flowers with them that blooms wildly from the turquoise vase. The arrangement evokes the vitality and joy of nature; the only orange dahlia is positioned in the middle like a rising sun. It not only freshens up the composition of the watercolor, but also brightens up any interior by bringing soothing nature in all its dynamic and colorful splendor inside.
Nolde’s technique of watercolor on Japanese paper allows the flowers to flow out of their forms and merge into one another, with certain brushstrokes in turn creating clear structure and giving the work depth. With yellow and blue as well as violet and orange, Nolde creates an interplay of contrasts and atmosphere, which is enhanced by the light-dark ground.
The provenance of this work goes back to Leopold Reidemeister, the first director of the Brücke Museum in Berlin. The museum, which opened in 1967, is dedicated to the Dresden artist community “Die Brücke”, to which Nolde also belonged since 1906/07.
Nolde’s technique of watercolor on Japanese paper allows the flowers to flow out of their forms and merge into one another, with certain brushstrokes in turn creating clear structure and giving the work depth. With yellow and blue as well as violet and orange, Nolde creates an interplay of contrasts and atmosphere, which is enhanced by the light-dark ground.
The provenance of this work goes back to Leopold Reidemeister, the first director of the Brücke Museum in Berlin. The museum, which opened in 1967, is dedicated to the Dresden artist community “Die Brücke”, to which Nolde also belonged since 1906/07.
CHF 70 000 / 100 000 | (€ 72 160 / 103 090)