Emil Nolde

Emil Nolde Trauernde (Theaterszene) 1910/1911 Watercolour and black India ink on fine Japan paper. 19.2 x 12.7 cm. Framed under glass. Signed 'Nolde' lower right in black ink. - Very good condition. Firmly mounted in mat verso in the corners. Expert report from Manfred Reuther, Klockries from 20 March 2022. The work is listed and registered under the number "Nolde A - 236/2022" in his archive. Provenance Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia; thenceforth family property The work is from the series of watercolours of theatre scenes which Nolde created in the winter of 1910/11 during the performances at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin after productions by Max Reinhardt. The present sheet perhaps shows a scene from Goethe’s “Faust”. Not immediately recognisable, Nolde depicts here a seated female bent forward and resting her head on her folded arms.