Marschlandschaft. Ca. 1920 /1925.
Watercolor.
Signed in lower right. On Japon. 34.2 x 48 cm (13.4 x 18.8 in) , the full sheet.
Accompanied by a photo expertise issued by Prof. Dr. Manfred Reuther, Klockries, former director of the Foundation Ada and Emil Nolde, from May 2, 2018. The work is registered in his archive with the number "Nolde A - 83/2018".
PROVENANCE: Galerie Výmel, Dýsseldorf.
Collection Dr. Hugo and Madeleine Simons Rhineland/ later Montreal, Canada (acquired from aforementioned between 1926 and 1933, ever since in possession of the family).
EXHIBITION: Collection Simons, Goethe-Haus, Montreal, 1964.
"I was longing for fresh and free air, for strong and harsh beauty, for wide skies and clouds above marsh and water. I found it in abundance on the North Sea coast, especially during the rough season."
Emil Nolde (quote after Manfred Reuther, Landschaften, Gýrten und Meere - Noldes Schaffen aus der Farbe, pp. 125ff, in: A.Husslein-Arco/ S.Koja, Emil Nolde. In Glut und Farbe, 2014)