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Emil Nolde
Candle dancers1917

Not on view
Woodcut print with four nude figures in dynamic poses rendered in bold black and white, with candle-like forms along the bottom edge, signed 'Emil Nolde'

Emil Nolde, Candle dancers, 1917, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Emil Nolde
Title
Candle dancers
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1917
Medium
Woodcut on thick, dark cream, wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 11 7/16 x 9 5/8 in. (29.05 x 24.45 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.240
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

  • Ackley, Clifford S.; T. Benson; Victor Carlson. Nolde: The Painter's Prints. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1995.
  • Chipp, Herschel B. and Karin Breuer. The Human Image in German Expressionist Graphic Art From the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation. Berkeley: University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1981.
  • Mosel, Christel; Urban, Martin; Schiefler, Gustav. Emil Nolde: das graphische Werk. Köln: DuMont, 1995-1996.
Copyright
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, Germany

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