Ada Nolde. 1906.
Woodcut.
Signed and dated. From an edition of at least 8 copies. On machine-made laid paper. 35.3 x 26.5 cm (13.8 x 10.4 in). Sheet: 35,3 x 26,5 cm (13,8 x 10,4 in).

• Emil Nolde's prints are among the most outstanding examples of Expressionism.
• Ada Nolde, the artist's wife, captured in expressive style.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Hanover (since 2014, Bassenge).

LITERATURE: Gustav Schiefler, Emil Nolde. Das graphische Werk, ed. by Christel Moses and Martin Urban, Cologne 1996, no. 17 IV (of IV), p. 28, illu.

Bassenge, Berlin, auction 104, Moderne Kunst II, November 29, 2014, lot 8287.

Ada and Emil Nolde, 12 years her senior, got married in 1902. Ada Vilstrup, who had pursued an acting career before her marriage, organized her husband's artistic life with full commitment. In the same year that this woodcut was created, the Nolde couple met the collector Gustav Schiefler. He described Ada Nolde as follows: "..she was delicate and fine, charming, natural, with an almost fragile physicality, but there was an uninterrupted silent harmony between them.." (Gerhard Schack (ed.), Gustav Siefler. Meine Graphiksammlung, Hamburg 1974, p. 46). Gustav Schiefler later also compiled the catalogue raisonné of Emil Nolde's prints.

In good condition. Partially slightly creased in the margins. Fine, rich impression.