Nolde 1867 – 1956 Seebüll
”Kopfjäger und Georginen”. 1920
Provenance
Rudolf Probst, Dresden/Mannheim (1927 gift from the artist, thence by descent to the present owner)
EUR 200,000
- 300,000
USD 225,000
- 337,000
Auction 367
Thursday, June 5th 2025, 6:00 PM
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The „Kopfjäger“ is a painted wooden sculpture from Nigeria (height 45.5 cm) from Noldes collection in Seebüll. The painting war a gift from Emil Nolde to Rudolf Probst in the year 1927 in gratitude for the organisation of the memorial exhibition on the occasion of the artist's 60th birthday..
Exhibition
Emil Nolde. Leipzig, Kunstverein, 1921 / Emil Nolde. Jubiläumsausstellung zum 60. Geburtstag. Dresden, Städtisches Kunstausstellungsgebäude am Großen Garten [painting] and Galerie Neue Kunst Fides [works on paper]; Hamburg, Kunstverein; Kiel, Kunsthalle; Essen, Museum Folkwang; Wiesbaden, Nassauischer Kunstverein, 1927, two catalogue editions: cat. no. 170 [cat. A with 201 paintings] / Emil Nolde. Mannheim, Kunsthalle, 1952, cat. no. 1 (“Stilleben mit Kopfjägerfigur“) / Emil Nolde – Gedächtnisausstellung. Mannheim, Galerie Rudolf Probst, 1957 / Emil Nolde. Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, 1987/88, cat. no. 73 / Expressionisme. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1949, cat. no. 113 („Plastiek met Bloemen“) / Da Van Gogh a Schiele. Verona, Palazzo Forti, 1989, ill. p. 167.
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