A color print of a mountain with a building in the foreground in the form of a postcard, on white paper.
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The print shows a white mountain peak with areas of gray highlighted with green on white paper. In the center just below the peak is male face with a gold band across the forehead. Wavy strokes of white descend from a broad nose, to the left is an area of gray with vertical highlights of green. A small peak on the right has a female face with a gold band across the forehead. Below a field of white streaked with green and yellow is a small building on a foreground of brown.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.180.4
People
Emil Nolde, German (Nolde, Germany 1867 - 1956 Seebüll, Germany)
Title
The King of the east Alps (The King Peak)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Der König der Ostalpen (Die Königspitze)
Series/Book Title: Mountain Postcards
Classification
Prints
Work Type
postcard, print
Date
c. 1897
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/4626

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Photomechanical print on white wove paper
Technique
Photomechanical print
Dimensions
14 x 9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: verso, u.l., purple ink, stamp: ORIG. ENGLISCHE / SCHAFWOLLSTOFFE / für Herren-Anzüge, Damen-Kostüme, / Mäntel, Hosen u. s. w. / werden staunend billig verkauft. / (Einfürungspreise)
  • stamp: verso, l.l., purple ink, stamp: Restenhaus / RICHARD STRASSER / Wien, VI., Mariahilferstrasse 47 (Strassenhof neben Delka)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Markus Weissenboeck, Salzburg, Austria, Sale, 2004.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Reuther 25

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Barbara Butts and Michael Parke-Taylor in honor of Frima Fox Hofrichter
Copyright
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, Germany
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.180.4
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The postcard bears the printed signature "E.Hansen"
Printed at l.l.: Stern u. Albrecht. München. Nr. 25.
Printed at l.r.: DRUCK V. PHILIPP & KRAMER, WIEN VI.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1440 Secessionism: Munich, Vienna, Berlin (Expressionism), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/03/2019 - 06/03/2021

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