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A color print of a mountain with several distinct peaks on in the form of a postcard, white paper.

The 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
Emil Nolde, German (Nolde, Germany 1867 - 1956 Seebüll, Germany)
Title
Near St. Martino. Cima the Castrozza and Val di Rota.
Other Titles
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
  • 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
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Descriptions

Description
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

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