Oil on canvas. 73,2 × 88 cm
(28 ⅞ × 34 ⅝ in.). Signed lower right: Emil Nolde. Signed and titled in brush in black on the stretcher: Emil Nolde Weiße Wolken. Catalogue raisonné: Urban 1034. Artist's original frame.
Provenance
Collection Adalbert and Thilda Colsman, Langenberg (acquired in 1927 at Galerie Neue Kunst Fides, Dresden, thence by descent to the present owner)
EUR 1,200,000
- 1,600,000
USD 1,370,000
- 1,820,000
Sold for:
1,512,500 EUR (incl. premium)
Spring Auctions 2016
Selected Works, 2 June 2016
Regarding the collection of Adalbert and Thilda Colsman see also: <a href="http://www.grisebach.com/en/colsman">www.grisebach.com/en/colsman</a>.
Exhibition
Emil Nolde. Jubiläumsausstellung zum 60. Geburtstag. Dresden, Städtisches Kunstausstellungsgebäude am Großen Garten [Gemälde] and Galerie Neue Kunst Fides [Papierarbeiten]; Hamburg, Kunstverein; Kiel, Kunsthalle; Essen, Museum Folkwang; Wiesbaden, Nassauischer Kunstverein, 1927, two catalogue editions: cat. no. 194 [cat. A with 201 paintings], cat. no. 203 [cat. B with 210 paintings] / Freunde des Museums sammeln II. Kunst aus der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Essen, Museum Folkwang, 1972, cat. no. 41 , illustration
