Emil Nolde - Dr. L. (Portrait Dr. Leber) - image-1

Lot 489 D

Emil Nolde - Dr. L. (Portrait Dr. Leber)

Auction 1033 - overview Cologne
30.05.2014, 18:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 5.000 € - 7.000 €

Emil Nolde

Dr. L. (Portrait Dr. Leber)
1912

Woodcut on firm smooth copperplate paper 29.6 x 19.4 cm (47 x 36.5 cm) Framed under glass. Signed and titled 'Dr. L.'. One of 11 known proofs. - The left lower corner with a slight compression and a minimal tear. Slightly browned in the mat opening.

This work depicts the optician Dr. Alfred Leber from Göttingen. He undertook an expedition to New Guinea in 1913 at the behest of the Reichskolonialamt (Imperial Colonial Bureau), which was accompanied by Nolde as a draughtsman and documentarist. This is a fine and relatively rare sheet.

Catalogue Raisonné

Schiefler/Mosel Woodcuts 103