Sep 12, 2013 - Sale 2322

Sale 2322 - Lot 391

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
EMIL NOLDE
Brunnenplatz.

Etching and drypoint in dark greenish black on warm, cream wove paper, 1905. 130x181 mm; 5 1/8x7 1/8 inches, wide margins. Second state (of 4). One of only 5 proof impressions known in states 2 through 4 (there are only 7 proof impressions known in all 4 states). Signed, annotated and dated "Ott. 05" in pencil, lower right. A brilliant, richly-inked impression of this extremely scarce, early etching.

A view of the Lützowplatz, Berlin. Nolde made a painting of the same location in 1905. Schiefler/Mosel 4.