Sale: 428 / Modern Art, Dec. 03./05. 2015 in Munich Lot 246

 

246
Emil Nolde
Amaryllis, Nach 1950.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 50,000 / $ 54,000
Sold:
€ 57,500 / $ 62,100

(incl. surcharge)
Amaryllis. Nach 1950.
Watercolor.
Signed lower right. Verso with former collection stamp of Nolde foundation, there inscribed "m 17" by hand. 47 x 34.5 cm (18.5 x 13.5 in), size of sheet. [SM].

Accompanied by a photo expertise issued by Prof. Dr. Manfred Reuther, Foundation Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde, from 15 October, 2014.

PROVENANCE: Collection Nolde Stiftung Seebüll (until 1963).
Galerie Commeter, Hamburg.
Private collection Northern Germany.

The lush garden of flowers that Emil Nolde set up with his wife in Seebüll is both source of inspiration and retreat. Comparable with the famous garden in Giverny, which Claude Monet laid out in a former wasteland, Nolde build a blooming refuge. Most of his watercolors originating from those days have a direct connection to the garden in Seebüll. Nolde sees the flower not as a plant, he is only fascinated by the blossom which he renders onto the moist Japon in intensive colors. Botanic accuracy is omitted when the composition asks for it. Nolde draws a secret from the blossoms, and returns it with increased expressiveness.



246
Emil Nolde
Amaryllis, Nach 1950.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 50,000 / $ 54,000
Sold:
€ 57,500 / $ 62,100

(incl. surcharge)