Kniendes Mädchen. 1907.
Etching and aquatint with light tone etching.
Signed. One of two known copies. 30.6 x 22.3 cm (12 x 8.7 in). Sheet: 43 x 32,3 cm (16,9 x 12,7 in).
Printed by Otto Felsing, Berlin. [AW].
• Extremely rare and early work from the short period of Nolde's “Brücke” membership.
• One of only two known specimens to date.
• Nolde put focus on originality and naturalness in this nude depiction.
• With the elegant lines and the mysterious effect, the etching has a decidedly painterly quality .
• Nolde achieved impressive visual effects in the experimental technique.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.

LITERATURE: Gustav Schiefler, Christel Mosel, Martin Urban, Emil Nolde. Das graphische Werk, vol. I: Die Radierungen, Cologne 1995, no. R 76 IV (of V).

In very good condition.