BR56.44: Head of a Girl

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

Permissions

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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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