Hamburger Harbor

1922

Rolf Nesch

Artist, Norwegian, 1893 - 1975

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint and surface tone on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.4 × 24 cm (6 7/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.8 × 39.8 cm (11 3/4 × 15 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.92.412

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Helliesen 2009, no. 137, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift of the artist to Helene Des Arts, Hamburg (not in Lugt); [1] Des Arts family, by descent (?); (Des Arts sale, Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, June 8, 1985, lot 26); (Marlborough Graphics, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 28, 1985; Gift to NGA, 2012.
[1] Helene des Arts was the wife of the pediatrician Dr. Reinhard des Arts. The latter was a friend of Rolf Nesch, and collected his work. According to the 1985 Hauswedell & Nolte sale catalogue, the present print was a gift on the occasion of Helene's 61st birthday.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2009

  • Helliesen, Sidsel and Bodil Sorensen. Rolf Nesch, The Complete Graphic Works. Milan, Italy, 2009: no. 137, only

Inscriptions

below image, in graphite, at right: Nesch; below image, in graphite, at left: Probedruck / Fra des Arts zum (...) (?); below image, at bottom right, in graphite, by later hand: 36 / 22 / 15

Wikidata ID

Q76556857

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