Watercolor. Lower right signed. On Japan paper. 27 x 23 cm. , the full sheet.
[EH].
- With the immediacy of expression, Nolde captured his subject in an inimitable intensity. - In his portraits, which make for a large part of his oeuvre, Emil Nolde studied the nature of people, at the same time he lends them a mysterious aloofness. - Family-owned for almost 70 years.
LITERATURE: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, auction 25 Modern Art, November 27/28, 1956, lot 708 (here: Frauenkopf im Profil, with a label on the reverse).