Etching and aquatint, 1918. 262x218 mm; 10 3/8x8 5/8 inches, wide margins. First state (of 2), before the darkened background. Edition of approximately only 11. Signed in pencil, lower right. A superb, richly-inked impression of this extremely scarce print with crisp plate edges and all the details distinct.
This etching, an image of a young prince and two exotic dancers, was one of the 27 works by Nolde labeled "degenerate" art by the Nazi's and shown in their exhibit Entartete Kunst at Munich in 1937. Schiefler 196.
