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Emil Nolde
Death as a Dancer (Der Tod als Tänzerin)1918

Not on view
Etching with aquatint of a nude seated female figure on a shell form, surrounded by grimacing male faces, in gray washes and fine black lines on cream paper

Emil Nolde, Death as a Dancer (Der Tod als Tänzerin), 1918, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Emil Nolde
Denmark, also active Germany, 1867-1956
Title
Death as a Dancer (Der Tod als Tänzerin)
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1918
Medium
Etching and aquatint on heavy handmade paper
Dimensions
Plate: 8 1/4 x 10 7/16 in. (20.96 x 26.51 cm); Sheet: 23 5/8 x 18 1/8 in. (60.01 x 46.04 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.236
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.

  • Mosel, Christel; Urban, Martin; Schiefler, Gustav. Emil Nolde: das graphische Werk. Köln: DuMont, 1995-1996.
  • Rigby, Ida Katherine. An alle Künstler! : War-Revolution-Weimar : German Expressionist Prints, Drawings, Posters and Periodicals from the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation. San Diego : San Diego State University Press, 1983.
Copyright
© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, Germany