Südseebild. 1913/ 1914.
Watercolor and India ink.
Signed in lower right. On wove paper. 18.7 x 14.5 cm (7.3 x 5.7 in), the full sheet.
[SM].
• Emil Nolde often made his strongest statements in his small-format watercolors.
• Atmospheric seascape.
• Expressive contrast of bright watercolors and velvety black ink.

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Northern Germany (until 1959: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett).
Private collection Rhineland (acquired from the above, ever since family owned).

LITERATURE: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, Roman Norbert Ketterer, Stuttgart, auction 34, November 21, 1959, lot 639, illu. on plate 79 (here dated: 1913/14).