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Emil Nolde

Emil Nolde

German-Danish, 1867–1956

PaintingExpressionism

Representation

None documented

48

Institutional Exhibitions

117

Works in Collection

195

Assets Indexed

7

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0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Movements

• Expressionism

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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Prints: Proofs and Variants

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989–1990

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Watercolors: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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European Drawing Between the Wars

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Painting

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (117)

Landscape

1938 · Watercolor and gouache on white wove paper

20.9 × 12.7 cm (8 1/4 × 5 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Old Men Speaking

Two Old Men Speaking

1938 · Watercolor and gouache on white wove Japanese paper

20.9 × 12.8 cm (8 1/4 × 5 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1938 · Opaque watercolor with selectively applied glaze on paper

7 15/16 × 5 15/16 in. (20.2 × 15.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Magicians (Zauberer)

Magicians (Zauberer)

1931 · Watercolor on paper

20 1/8 x 14 3/8" (51.1 x 36.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Amaryllis and Anemone (Amaryllis und Anemone)

Amaryllis and Anemone (Amaryllis und Anemone)

1930 · Watercolor on paper

13 3/4 x 18 3/8" (35 x 46.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Large Sunflowers

1928 · Oil on panel

28 7/8 × 34 7/8 in. (73.3 × 88.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mill by the Water (Mühle am Wasser)

Mill by the Water (Mühle am Wasser)

1926 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 23 5/8 x 31 5/16" (60 x 79.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 25 x 31 5/8" (63.5 x 80.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Fisherman's Children (Fischerkinder)

The Fisherman's Children (Fischerkinder)

1926 · Lithograph

composition: 25 1/4 x 31 5/8" (64.2 x 80.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 26 5/8 x 34 1/2" (67.6 x 87.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Red-Haired Girl (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Oskar Kokoschka

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Alexej von Jawlensky

Shared movement

Shared movement

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Marsden Hartley

Marsden Hartley

Shared movement

Shared movement

Adolph Gottlieb

Adolph Gottlieb

Richard Artschwager

Richard Artschwager

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Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

Auction sale history

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Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Phillips	Feb 2026	$2,500 – $3,500	Unsold