Signed lower left: E. Nolde. Signed and titled on the upper stretcher bar with brush in black: Emil Nolde: Meer (I). Inscribed upper right with brush in green: Jolanthe
Emil Nolde. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Graphik. Eine Privat-Sammlung. Heidelberg, Heidelberger Kunstverein, 1958, cat. no. 20 / Emil Nolde. Der Maler. Berlin, Brücke-Museum, and Ravensburg, Kunstmuseum, in cooperation with the Nolde-Stiftung Seebüll, 2016/17 / Unzertrennlich. Rahmen und Bilder der Brücke-Künstler. Berlin, Brücke-Museum, and Bernried am Starnberger See, Buchheim Museum der Phantasie, 2019/20, p. 246, cat. no. 67, ill., and p. 247, w. detail illustration
Jolanthe Nolde, Seebüll/Heidelberg (1949–2010) / Private Collection, Northern Germany (2014–2021 on loan to the Brücke-Museum, Berlin)