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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR56.44
People
Emil Nolde, German (Nolde, Germany 1867 - 1956 Seebüll, Germany)
Title
Head of a Girl
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
20th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223403

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
sight: 45 x 30.5 cm (17 11/16 x 12 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r. graphite "Nolde."
  • inscription: l.r. recto, graphite, signed, in artist's hand: Nolde

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A.P. Zimmerman in memory of Curt Valentin
Copyright
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, Germany
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
BR56.44
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marjorie B. Cohn, Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1977), pp. 9, 23, 41, 52, cat. no. 47 p. 106

Exhibition History

  • Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1977 - 06/22/1977
  • German Art of the Twenties, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/26/1981 - 04/11/1981
  • Art of the Weimar Era, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 04/05/1982 - 05/22/1982

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