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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR58.3
People
Emil Nolde, German (Nolde, Germany 1867 - 1956 Seebüll, Germany)
Title
Prophet
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Prophet
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1912
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223494

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white wove paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 31.8 x 22.6 cm (12 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.)
sheet: 37.4 x 29.7 cm (14 3/4 x 11 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r. recto: "Emil Nolde."
  • inscription: l.r. recto, graphite, signed, in artist's hand: Emil Nolde.
  • inscription: l.l. recto, graphite, in artist's hand: Prophet
  • stamp: l.r. recto, purple ink: STÄDTISCHES KUNSTHAUS / BIELEFELD

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Schiefler 110

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of friends to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the curator
Copyright
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, Germany
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
BR58.3
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 160

Exhibition History

  • From the Realists to the Expressionists: Works on Paper by Central European Artists from 1870 to 1918, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/14/1983 - 04/29/1983
  • Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013

Verification Level

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