Dancer (Tänzerin)

1913

Emil Nolde

Associated Names
Emil Nolde

Artist, German, 1867 - 1956

Westphalen

Printer

unidentified

Publisher

This is a painting of a figure in a dynamic pose. The figure has elongated limbs, standing on one bent leg with the other raised. The figure is depicted in shades of red and purple, with black hair flowing behind, set against a textured background of browns and whites. There are abstract elements to the side resembling faces observing from a seated position. The painting features loose, expressive brushstrokes and bold use of color, giving it a sense of energy and motion. This painting is done in the style of Edvard Munch, known for emotional intensity and fluid forms.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 60.2 x 77.5 cm (23 11/16 x 30 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1975.39.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schiefler/Mosel 1966, no. L 56

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1988

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 1988.

1995

  • Emil Nolde: The Painter's Prints, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1995, 50, 84, 242-243, no. 84c.

2024

  • The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2024.

Bibliography

1966

  • Schiefler, Gustav, and C. Mosel. Emil Nolde: das graphische Werk. 2 vols. Cologne, Germany: Verlag M. Du Mont Schauberg, 1966-1967, no. L 56.

Inscriptions

"Emil Nolde" lower right sheet in graphite. "1365" upper right sheet in graphite. "228/2" upper left sheet in graphite. verso: "2481 Drillajor" lower left sheet in graphite.

Wikidata ID

Q65568014

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