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A color print of a range of five mountains in the form of a postcard, on white paper.

The print shows a range of five mountain peaks with male faces, each of the faces have wavy strokes of white descending from broad noses. Each mountain a gold band across the forehead below a ragged uneven peak. The fourth peak from the left is framed by two-pointed white implement on staffs. In the lower left corner is long multi-story building on a green ground. Across the white foreground to the right is a partially legible handwritten message in French.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.180.6
People
Emil Nolde, German (Nolde, Germany 1867 - 1956 Seebüll, Germany)
Title
The Guards of the Rose Garden
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Die Wächter des Rosengartens
Series/Book Title: Mountain Postcards
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print, postcard
Date
c. 1897
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/1427

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Photomechanical print on white wove paper
Technique
Photomechanical print
Dimensions
9 x 14 cm (3 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, l.c., graphite, handwritten: Ce matin, en voulant mettre un / des nouveaux caleçons J'ai trouvé / qu'il est absolument trop long et j'ai dû l'ôter. Il est au moins / aussi long que mon pantelon. Que faire maintenant! Ton frere / Gust.
  • inscription: verso, c.c., graphite, handwritten: Mlle Josephine Funck / Neudorf-Luxembourg
  • inscription: verso, l.c., graphite, handwritten: WJ
  • stamp: verso, l.l., black ink, postmark: Zürich/ 16.IV.98
  • stamp: verso, u.r., black ink, postmark: Luxembourg-Ville/ 18.4.98
  • stamp: verso, u.l., black ink, postmark: Luxembourg-Gare/ 98
  • stamp: verso, u.l., black ink, postmark (partial): [unidentified postmark]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Walter Dienger, Germany, Sale, 2005.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Reuther 27

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Barbara Butts and Michael Parke-Taylor in honor of Konrad Oberhuber
Copyright
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, Germany
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.180.6
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The postcard bears the printed signature "E.Hansen"
Printed at l.l.: F. Killinger, Zürich. Nr. 27.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1440 Secessionism: Munich, Vienna, Berlin (Expressionism), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/03/2019 - 06/03/2021

Verification Level

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