Sale: 554 / Modern Art Day Sale, June 08. 2024 in Munich
Lot 124000332
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124000332
Emil Nolde
Sonnenblumen und Fuchsschwanz, Ca. 1940.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 60,000 - 80,000
$ 64,200 - 85,600
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Sonnenblumen und Fuchsschwanz. Ca. 1940.
Watercolor.
Signed in lower right. On Japan paper. 47 x 36.5 cm (18.5 x 14.3 in), the full sheet.
[SM].
• Part of the same family collection for 60 years.
• Dense and at the same time fascinating composition in subtly balanced colors.
• The flower arrangements are among the most sought-after subjects in the artist's oeuvre.
PROVENANCE: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Roman Norbert Ketterer, May 3 and 4, 1961, 36th auction, lot 375.
Galerie Wilhelm Großhennig, Düsseldorf.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (since 1962)
family-owned ever since.
“The sunflowers are so large that I stand among them with my head all the way back and gratefully admire their beauty [..] colors barely imaginable radiate, and the scent of the mignonettes wafts all the way into the house.”
Emil Nolde, letter to Hans Fehr, September 20, 1928
Watercolor.
Signed in lower right. On Japan paper. 47 x 36.5 cm (18.5 x 14.3 in), the full sheet.
[SM].
• Part of the same family collection for 60 years.
• Dense and at the same time fascinating composition in subtly balanced colors.
• The flower arrangements are among the most sought-after subjects in the artist's oeuvre.
PROVENANCE: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Roman Norbert Ketterer, May 3 and 4, 1961, 36th auction, lot 375.
Galerie Wilhelm Großhennig, Düsseldorf.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (since 1962)
family-owned ever since.
“The sunflowers are so large that I stand among them with my head all the way back and gratefully admire their beauty [..] colors barely imaginable radiate, and the scent of the mignonettes wafts all the way into the house.”
Emil Nolde, letter to Hans Fehr, September 20, 1928
124000332
Emil Nolde
Sonnenblumen und Fuchsschwanz, Ca. 1940.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 60,000 - 80,000
$ 64,200 - 85,600
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.