Emil Nolde, 1867 Nolde – 1956 Seebüll Lot n° 735

Veil Tails (Aquarium), c. 1923-1924 Watercolor on Japanese paper. 35.8 x 47 cm. Signed lower left "Nolde". Released in passepartout, framed behind glass. Enclosed a certificate from Dr. Manfred Reuther, Foundation Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde, dated 19.1.2004, in copy. From 1911 Nolde, whose real name was Hans Emil Hansen, but who adopted the name of his birthplace as his artist name, spent the winter months in Berlin. His apartment was near the zoo. His visits to the zoo and aquarium there in 1923 and 1924 resulted in a series of particularly charming watercolors, including this composition of three veiltails. Nolde succeeds particularly well in the three-dimensional idea of water set in motion, which he knows how to depict pictorially by applying the blue pigments to the Japanese paper in various densities and intensities. Small tear and a few compressive folds. Provenance: Collection Dr. Heinrich Becker, Bielefeld, gift of the artist 1933, until 1972. Then private collection Austria. Literature: Der Kunstwart. Rundschau über alle Gebiete des Schönen. Monatshefte für Kunst, Literatur und Leben, 41,1.1927-1928, plate 3. Emil Nolde. Memorial exhibition, catalog on the occasion of the exhibition at the Haus der Kunst, Munich, September 24-December 1, 1957, Hamburg 1957, catalog no. 314. Emil Nolde. Aquarelle aus Bielefelder Privatbesitz, catalog on the occasion of the exhibition at the Städtisches Kunsthaus Bielefeld, May 28-June 29, 1967, Bielefeld 1967, catalog no. 5. Emil Nolde, Reisen, Ächtung, Befreiung. 1919-1946, Cologne 2002, p. 175. Exhibitions: Emil Nolde. Memorial exhibition at the Haus der Kunst, Munich, September 24-December 1, 1957. Emil Nolde. Watercolors from private collections in Bielefeld, Städtisches Kunsthaus Bielefeld, May 28-June 29, 1967. (1331186) (13) Emil Nolde, 1867 Nolde - 1956 Seebüll SCHLEIERSCHWÄNZE (AQUARIUM), ca. 1923-1924 Watercolor on Japan paper. 35.8 x 47 cm. Signed "Nolde" lower left. Accompanied by a certificate by Dr Manfred Reuther, Stiftung Seebüll Ada und Emil Nolde, dated 19.1.2004, in copy. Provenance: Dr Heinrich Becker collection, Bielefeld, gift by the artist 1933, until 1972. Thereafter private collection, Austria. Literature: Das Kunstwart, October 1927 - March 1928, ill. p. 48. Gedächtnisausstellung Emil Nolde, exhibition catalogue, Haus der Kunst, Munich 1957, cat. no. 314. Emil Nolde, Aquarelle aus Bielefelder Privatbesitz, exhibition catalogue, Städtisches Kunsthaus Bielefeld, Bielefeld 1967, cat. no. 5. Emil Nolde, Reisen-Ächtung-Befreiung, Cologne 2002, p. 175. Exhibitions: Memorial exhibition Emil Nolde, Haus der Kunst, Munich 1957. Emil Nolde, Aquarelle aus Bielefelder Privatbesitz, Städtisches Kunsthaus Bielefeld, Bielefeld 1967.