Emil Nolde

Emil Nolde 1867 - 1956 Hülltoft Hof im Winter. Um 1935/1940. Watercolor and ink pen. Signed in the lower right corner. On Japan paper. 34.2 x 45.8 cm (13.4 x 18 in), the full sheet. [CH]. • A particularly atmospheric interplay of colors in a winter marsh landscape. • Cold, snow, and the evening sky: Emil Nolde conveyes ambiance, weather, and lighting with masterful skill in this painting. • View from the window: Nolde also depicts the neighboring Hülltoft Hof and its surroundings in a painting of the same name (1932, Kunsthalle Hamburg). • Outstanding provenance: Acquired from the Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation in 1957 and subsequently part of the important collection of Adalbert and Thilda Colsman, Langenberg, for nearly 60 years. The work is registered in the archives of the Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation under the number Fr.A.3530 and will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Emil Nolde’s watercolors and drawings. PROVENANCE: From the artist’s estate. Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation (with a label on the back of the frame). Adalbert and Thilda Colsman Collection, Langenberg (acquired from the above in 1957; subsequently in the family’s possession until 2016). Dietmar Manke Collection, Schleswig-Holstein (acquired from the above in 2016; Grisebach, Berlin). LITERATURE: Grisebach, Berlin, 258th Auction, Selected Works, June 2, 2016, lot 12 (with ill.). “We stood on our mound in Seebüll, the entire vast expanse of the sky above us, arching even more than a semicircle, for it is strange how much a small elevation in the flat plain enlarges the arch of the sky. We looked [.] south toward the Hülltofthof, firmly situated on its mound, with its two typical Frisian white barn doors facing us.” Emil Nolde, in: Emil Nolde, Reisen Ächtung Befreiung 1919–1946, Cologne 1978, p. 91 Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 13.57 h +/- 20 min.

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