Dancer

1913

Emil Nolde

Associated Names
Emil Nolde

Artist, German, 1867 - 1956

The image features a person in a dynamic pose, with one leg raised, arms bent at unusual angles, leaning forward with their head tilted back. The person has simplified facial features, long flowing hair, and wears a short red skirt with a bare torso and limbs. The background is abstract with dark swirls, an ornate pedestal on the left holds a decorative element, with two indistinct figures crouched beside it. The color palette is earthy with bright red accents.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on wove paper, proof with hand coloring

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 70.7 × 57.3 cm (27 13/16 × 22 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.147

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schiefler/Mosel 1966, no. L 56

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gertrud A. Mellon, New York; Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased February 19, 1975; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • Modern German Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014.

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

below image, at bottom right, in graphite: Emil Nolde.

Wikidata ID

Q76555627

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