Emil Nolde (1867 - 1956)

FRAU N. (Portrait of Ada Nolde, the artist's wife). 1911. Scheifler-Mosel 165 iii; Ackley 64. Drypoint with punch work on iron, 231 x 182 mm (9 1/8 x 7 3/16"), plus full margins. Very fine, delicate impression of this extremely rare print, apparently after the artist had carefully burnished away most of the corrosion and punch work. Altogether there were a total of about 24 impressions printed of this drypoint, in all states.

"....Ada Nolde is seen full face in an even illumination. Nolde's muse, emotional anchor and faithful helpmeet, the Danish theater student Ada Vilstrup, daughter of a Jutland preacher, is presented here as a wonderful combination of strength and delicacy. "

Clifford S. Ackley: Nolde The Painter's Prints. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1995.)

Donated

Other works by Emil Nolde:

MANN UND MÄDCHEN (Man and Woman) 1918.

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