Sale: 611 / Day Sale, Dec. 05. 2026 in Munich → Lot 126000776
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126000776
Emil Nolde
Porträt eines Mannes aus Neuguinea (mit Kopfschmuck), 1914.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 34,800 - 46,400
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
126000776
Emil Nolde
Porträt eines Mannes aus Neuguinea (mit Kopfschmuck), 1914.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 34,800 - 46,400
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Emil Nolde
1867 - 1956
Porträt eines Mannes aus Neuguinea (mit Kopfschmuck). 1914.
Watercolor.
Signed in the lower right. With the collection stamp of the Ada and Emil Nolde Seebüll Foundation and the handwritten number “d G 6” on the reverse. On wove paper (with the watermark “F. J.”). 44.8 x 30.5 cm (17.6 x 12 in), size of sheet.
• In the fall of 1913, Ada and Emil Nolde accompanied an expedition to what was then the colony of German New Guinea in the South Pacific.
• During the colonial journey, Nolde created numerous watercolor portraits of the local population.
• Part of the same private collection for over 50 years.
• Watercolors and paintings created during the journey are held in major museum collections, including the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main; the Nationalgalerie Berlin; the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Accompanied by a written certificate from the Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation dated September 21, 2026. The work is registered with the foundation under the number “Fr.A.252” and will be included in a future catalog raisonné of Emil Nolde’s watercolors and drawings. We are grateful to the Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation for their kind assistance.
PROVENANCE: From the artist’s estate, Foundation Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde (until 1973; with the collection stamp on the reverse).
Galerie Michael Neumann, Kiel.
Private collection, Northern Germany (presumably acquired from the above in 1973).
“As a sign of mourning, they painted their foreheads with white paint. At dance festivals, they painted their bodies with bright dots and lines, as well as with blue.”
Emil Nolde, 1936, in: Welt und Heimat. Die Südseereise 1913-1914, Cologne 1965, p. 93.
1867 - 1956
Porträt eines Mannes aus Neuguinea (mit Kopfschmuck). 1914.
Watercolor.
Signed in the lower right. With the collection stamp of the Ada and Emil Nolde Seebüll Foundation and the handwritten number “d G 6” on the reverse. On wove paper (with the watermark “F. J.”). 44.8 x 30.5 cm (17.6 x 12 in), size of sheet.
• In the fall of 1913, Ada and Emil Nolde accompanied an expedition to what was then the colony of German New Guinea in the South Pacific.
• During the colonial journey, Nolde created numerous watercolor portraits of the local population.
• Part of the same private collection for over 50 years.
• Watercolors and paintings created during the journey are held in major museum collections, including the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main; the Nationalgalerie Berlin; the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Accompanied by a written certificate from the Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation dated September 21, 2026. The work is registered with the foundation under the number “Fr.A.252” and will be included in a future catalog raisonné of Emil Nolde’s watercolors and drawings. We are grateful to the Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation for their kind assistance.
PROVENANCE: From the artist’s estate, Foundation Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde (until 1973; with the collection stamp on the reverse).
Galerie Michael Neumann, Kiel.
Private collection, Northern Germany (presumably acquired from the above in 1973).
“As a sign of mourning, they painted their foreheads with white paint. At dance festivals, they painted their bodies with bright dots and lines, as well as with blue.”
Emil Nolde, 1936, in: Welt und Heimat. Die Südseereise 1913-1914, Cologne 1965, p. 93.
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