Hamburg Harbor (Hamburg, Freihafen)
1910
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kainen in memory of Lessing J. Rosenwald
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Dimensions
plate: 30.4 × 40.5 cm (11 15/16 × 15 15/16 in.)
sheet: 48.7 × 60.9 cm (19 3/16 × 24 in.) -
Accession
1979.57.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Schiefler/Mosel 1966, no. I 137, ii/ii
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Allan Frumkin Gallery, Inc., Chicago); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased December 6, 1973; gift to NGA, 1979.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1983
Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 1983.
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. I 137, ii/ii.
Inscriptions
"Hamburg: Freihafen" lower center sheet, graphite. "Emil Nolde." lower right plate, graphite. "Schiefler 137" lower left sheet, graphite. "#2283 39 12000" verso, lower left sheet, graphite.
Watermarks
JW ZANDERS 1919
Wikidata ID
Q65568018