Kopf des Apostels Johannes. 1909.
Watercolor.
Bottom right signed. On wove paper, laid on a backing board by the artist. 26.8 x 21 cm (10.5 x 8.2 in), size of sheet.
In connection with the painting "Abendmahl" (Urban 316), the catalog raisonné mentions sketches of the apostle heads in the Collection Gustav Schieflers, which this work used to be part of.
• From the renowned Collection Gustav Schiefler, Hamburg.
• Preliminary work for the important painting "Abendmahl" from 1909, a document of Nolde's radical transition in terms of stylöe and motif.
• Rare motif from the small group of religious piuctures.

Accompanied by a photo expertise from Prof. Dr. Manfred Reuther, former director of the Foundation Ada and Emil Nolde, Klockries, from May 5, 2019. The work is registered in his archive as "Nolde A - 129/2019".

PROVENANCE: Collection Gustav Schiefler, Hamburg.
Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin.
Private collection Hesse.

EXHIBITION: Emil Nolde, Kestnergesellschaft Hanover, Oct./Nov. 1948.