Label TextAs with all of Nolde's many works in the watercolor medium, the simplicity and spontaneous effect is somewhat deceptive. Each brush stroke, and each bleeding of wet color, is achieved with the exactness of a traditional Chinese landscape, ... Source: Bulletin, MAy 1966.
Exhibition History"From Body to Being: Reflections Upon the Human Image," Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 1 - May 4, 1997
"W.R. Valentiner Memorial Exhibition," J.L. Hudson Gallery, Detroit, Nov. 18, 1963 - Jan. 2, 1964
Long-term loan, Detroit Institute of Arts, n. d.
Published ReferencesNATHAN EMORY COFFIN COLLECTION, a portfolio of fifty selections from the collection, published by the DMAC to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Nathan Emory Coffin, 1981, b/w ill.
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.164 & 165, b/w ill. pl.102, p.164
"W. R. Valentiner Memorial Exhibition," J. L. Hudson Gallery, Detroit, 1963, exh. cat. ill. no.31
DMAC Bulletin, May 1966, ill.
Exhibition History"From Body to Being: Reflections Upon the Human Image," Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 1 - May 4, 1997
"W.R. Valentiner Memorial Exhibition," J.L. Hudson Gallery, Detroit, Nov. 18, 1963 - Jan. 2, 1964
Long-term loan, Detroit Institute of Arts, n. d.
Published ReferencesNATHAN EMORY COFFIN COLLECTION, a portfolio of fifty selections from the collection, published by the DMAC to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Nathan Emory Coffin, 1981, b/w ill.
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.164 & 165, b/w ill. pl.102, p.164
"W. R. Valentiner Memorial Exhibition," J. L. Hudson Gallery, Detroit, 1963, exh. cat. ill. no.31
DMAC Bulletin, May 1966, ill.
DimensionsFrame: 33 1/8 × 27 3/16 × 1 1/2 in. (84.1 × 69.1 × 3.8 cm)
Sheet: 20 5/8 × 15 1/2 in. (52.4 × 39.4 cm)
Sheet: 20 5/8 × 15 1/2 in. (52.4 × 39.4 cm)
Accession Number 1966.1
Classificationswork on paper
CopyrightPublic Domain
Inscriptionssigned and dated: Nolde '16 (l/r)
ProvenanceArtist, Germany. Wilhelm R. Valentiner, Detroit [probably acquired from the previous]; (Staempfli Gallery, New York [acquired from the estate of the previous]); Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 1966]
