Sale: 601 / Day Sale, Dec. 06. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 122001712
Lot 122001712 
Raumbeispiel
122001712
Emil Nolde
Paar (Blonde Frau und schwarzhaariger, in Kasak gekleideter Mann), 1931/32.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 23,400 - 35,100
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Paar (Blonde Frau und schwarzhaariger, in Kasak gekleideter Mann). 1931- 1932.
Watercolor.
Signed in the lower right (barely legible). On Japan paper. 20.5 x 15.6 cm (8 x 6.1 in), the full sheet.
Martin Urban explains that this small watercolor was originally bound into a copy of the book “Das eigene Leben” (One's Own Life), Berlin, 1931. This explains why this sheet, protected for many decades between the pages of the book, still has such vibrant colors.
• Watercolor with intense colors.
• Previously bound in the first edition of the book “Emil Nolde, Das eigene Leben” (1931).
• Previous owners were art collector Charles Tabachnik, Toronto, and film producer Ray Stark, Holmby Hills (CA).
Accompanied by a written confirmation of authenticity issued by Prof. Dr. Martin Urban, Sebüll, dated April 21, 1983 (copy of text page).
PROVENANCE: Charles Tabachnick Collection, Toronto.
Mr. Ray Stark, Burbank, California, USA (since 1986: Sotheby's New York).
Private collection, California, USA (received in 2004 as a gift from the estate of Ray Stark, since then in family ownership).
LITERATURE: Sotheby´s, New York, Expressionist Watercolors from the Collection of Charles Tabachnick, Toronto, November 19, 1986, lot 7.
Watercolor.
Signed in the lower right (barely legible). On Japan paper. 20.5 x 15.6 cm (8 x 6.1 in), the full sheet.
Martin Urban explains that this small watercolor was originally bound into a copy of the book “Das eigene Leben” (One's Own Life), Berlin, 1931. This explains why this sheet, protected for many decades between the pages of the book, still has such vibrant colors.
• Watercolor with intense colors.
• Previously bound in the first edition of the book “Emil Nolde, Das eigene Leben” (1931).
• Previous owners were art collector Charles Tabachnik, Toronto, and film producer Ray Stark, Holmby Hills (CA).
Accompanied by a written confirmation of authenticity issued by Prof. Dr. Martin Urban, Sebüll, dated April 21, 1983 (copy of text page).
PROVENANCE: Charles Tabachnick Collection, Toronto.
Mr. Ray Stark, Burbank, California, USA (since 1986: Sotheby's New York).
Private collection, California, USA (received in 2004 as a gift from the estate of Ray Stark, since then in family ownership).
LITERATURE: Sotheby´s, New York, Expressionist Watercolors from the Collection of Charles Tabachnick, Toronto, November 19, 1986, lot 7.
122001712
Emil Nolde
Paar (Blonde Frau und schwarzhaariger, in Kasak gekleideter Mann), 1931/32.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 23,400 - 35,100
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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