Drei Männer an einem Tisch. 1908.
Watercolor.
Signed (lower right). Inscribed “Erinnerungen an Jena - Cospeda, u. lieben Weihnachtsgrüß / von A u. E N.” on the reverse. On firm wove paper. 24.2 x 17.7 cm (9.5 x 6.9 in), the full sheet.
[MH].

• Very personal work from a series of watercolors created at the “Grüner Baum zum Nachtigall”, an inn near Jena, in March 1908.
• Nolde captured the moment of the cheerful inn atmosphere with a sketchy and spontaneous brushstroke.
• Nolde is one of the most important expressionist painters and a master of the watercolor.

Accompanied by a photo-certificate issued by Dr. Manfred Reuther, Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde Foundation, dated 6 November 2001. The Academic Advisory Board of the Foundation Seebüll Ada and Emil Nolde has confirmed the inclusion of the work in a future catalogue raisonné of the watercolors and drawings of Emil Nolde (1867-1956).

PROVENANCE: Dayton's (Gallery 12), Minneapolis.
Private collection Minneapolis (since the early 1960s, acquired from the above)
Private collection (since 1998, Sotheby's, New York).
Private collection (since 2002, Sotheby's, London).
Private collection, Austria (since 2015, Galerie Seywald, Salzburg).

LITERATURE: Sotheby's, New York, Auction Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary Art, March 11, 1998, lot 82 (illu.).
Sotheby's, London, Auction Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale, February 6, 2002, lot 155 (illu.).

In good condition. Slight mount staining and slightly faded colors. With a skinned spot on the reverse of the upper left corner, minimally visible on the recto, and a tiny paper damage, which does not impair the fine overall impression.
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