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Emil Nolde (1867-1956)
Lot 170 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE PROFESSOR ERNST SONDHEIMER: SOLD BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS

Emil Nolde (1867-1956)

Sonnenblumen

Closed6 February 2020

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Emil Nolde (1867-1956)
Sonnenblumen
signed 'Nolde.' (lower left); dedicated and inscribed 'Wir Sonnenblumen neigen uns herzlichst vor dem Silberhochzeitspaar - uns grüssen von Ihren A. und E.N.' (on the artist's mount)
watercolour on Japan paper on the artist's mount
image: 13 1/8 x 18 ¼ in. (33.3 x 46.5 cm.)
artist's mount: 19 ½ x 26 in. (66 x 49.5 cm.)
Executed circa 1925-1928

Private collection, Switzerland, a gift from the artist and his wife Ada for their silver wedding anniversary in 1929, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 8 October 1998, lot 38.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

Specialist note


The late Dr. Martin Urban from the Nolde Stiftung, Seebüll, confirmed the authenticity of this work.