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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'
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.