2005.180.8: Near St. Martino. Cima the Castrozza and Val di Rota.
PrintsThe print shows a single mountain, on the left are tall uneven pointed peaks, a human face with a long-pointed nose is under two of the tallest peaks, blunt ended fingers clutch the left side. A broader segment with an uneven top is on the right. A human face with widely spaced eyes, a broad nose, and a square chin face right. Long pointed fingers clutch the side near the eyes. The base is shaded in darker mottled colors. Across the white foreground to the right is a partially legible handwritten message in French.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.180.8
- People
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Emil Nolde, German (Nolde, Germany 1867 - 1956 Seebüll, Germany)
- Title
- Near St. Martino. Cima the Castrozza and Val di Rota.
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: Mountain Postcards
Original Language Title: Bei St. Martino. Cima die Castrozza und Val di Rota - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- postcard, print
- Date
- c. 1897
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/4627
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
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- inscription: recto, l.c., graphite, handwritten: Je suis a présent dans la nouvelle / poste de Zürich. Elle est ouverte / depuis quelques jours, et elle est / chiquement installée. / Gust.
- inscription: verso, c.c., graphite, handwritten: Melle Josephine Funck / Neudorf-Luxembourg
- inscription: verso, l.r., graphite, handwritten: WJ
- stamp: verso, l.l., black ink, postmark: Zürich/ 16.IV.98
- stamp: verso, u.l., black ink, postmark: Luxembourg-Gare/ 17.IV.98
- stamp: verso, u.r., black ink, postmark: Luxembourg-Ville/18.4.98
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Walter Dienger, Germany, Sale, 2005.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Reuther 29
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Barbara Butts and Michale Parke-Taylor in honor of John Golding
- Copyright
- © Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, Germany
- Accession Year
- 2005
- Object Number
- 2005.180.8
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
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The postcard bears the printed signature "E.Hansen"
Printed at l.l.: F. Killinger, Zürich. Nr. 29.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 1440 Secessionism: Munich, Vienna, Berlin (Expressionism), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/03/2019 - 06/03/2021
Verification Level
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