Woman in Profile (Frau im Profil)

1910

Emil Nolde

Associated Names
Emil Nolde

Artist, German, 1867 - 1956

unidentified

Printer

unidentified

Publisher

The image shows a woodcut portrait of a person in profile facing right. The features depicted include the head and a portion of the upper torso, with stylized facial features emphasizing the nose, lips, and chin. The person's hair is short and swept back. The individual is dressed in a garment with vertical lines suggesting texture and movement. There is no jewelry or objects held, and the background consists of irregular patterns. The artist's signature is in the lower right corner.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 15 13/16 x 11 5/16 in. (40.2 x 28.7 cm)
    sheet: 19 7/16 x 14 in (49.3 x 35.5 cm)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6702

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schiefler/Mosel 1966, no. W 38

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Buchholz Gallery, New York); purchased 1941 by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown; gift 1943 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1954

  • German Expressionist Prints and Drawings, American University, Washington, D.C., 1954.

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. W 38.

Inscriptions

lower right sheet, signed, in graphite: Emil Nolde,

Wikidata ID

Q65019776

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