A color print of a mountain in the form of a postcard, on white paper.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The print shows a mountain against a sky of gray and white clouds. A smiling face with a broad nose and white eyebrows is just below the craggy peak. Highlights of white angle down from just below the peak in rough lines. “Ich gratuliere!” is written across bottom in ink.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.290.6
People
Emil Nolde, German (Nolde, Germany 1867 - 1956 Seebüll, Germany)
Title
The Matterhorn Smiles
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Das Matterhorn lächelt
Series/Book Title: Mountain Postcards
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print, postcard
Date
c. 1897
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/117322

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Photomechanical print in colored inks on white wove paper
Technique
Photomechanical print
Dimensions
13.8 x 9 cm (5 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: verso, u.r., ink, postmark: Deutsch-Amerikanische Seepost / Bremen- / New York / 28 7. 97 / [illegible]
  • inscription: verso, ink, handwritten: Mrs. H. Raster / 391 Jackson Boulevard. / Chicago, Ill. / U. S. of America

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Barbara Butts and Michael Parke-Taylor, gift.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Barbara Butts and Michael Parke-Taylor in honor of James Cuno on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Busch-Reisinger Museum
Copyright
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, Germany
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.290.6
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Before Expressionism: Art in Germany circa 1903, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/24/2003 - 02/15/2004
  • 32Q: 1440 Secessionism: Munich, Vienna, Berlin (Expressionism), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/03/2019 - 06/03/2021

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