Sale: 459 / Modern Art I, Dec. 09. 2017 in Munich Lot 644

 

644
Emil Nolde
Bergfrühling, 1920/ 24.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 50,000 / $ 54,000
Sold:
€ 125,000 / $ 135,000

(incl. surcharge)
Bergfrühling. 1920 / 24.
Watercolor and India ink.
Lower right signed. On Japon. 35 x 46.8 cm (13.7 x 18.4 in) , the full sheet. [SM].

With a photo expertise from Prof. Dr. Manfred Reuther dated 28 October 2017.

PROVENANCE: Private collection (ca. 1977 erworben)
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.

"It once felt as if Switzerland should have become my home."

Emil Nolde

This watercolor “Bergfrühling“ is a document from a relatively unknown side of the artists: His fascination for Switzerland and its impressive mountain landscape. Works from Nolde‘s days in St. Gallen and Davos are very rare on the art market, which makes this work a very special gem. As member of the Swiss Alpine Club SAC, Nolde explored the mountains on many climbing tours and conquered several four-thousanders. The artist rendered his impressions of the Alpine world in expressive watercolors even years later, just as it is the case with the spring scene in this paper work from around 1930. Similar to his coast- and seascapes, Nolde once more succeeds in capturing the forces of nature in very intensive colors: a bright orange tree stands in strong contrast to the lucent purple mountain chain that occupies two-thirds of the sheet. [CG/SM]



644
Emil Nolde
Bergfrühling, 1920/ 24.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 50,000 / $ 54,000
Sold:
€ 125,000 / $ 135,000

(incl. surcharge)