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Emil Nolde
Head of a South Sea islander- profilecirca 1913-1914

Not on view
Gouache portrait on tan paper, woman in left profile with dark hair piled high, brown skin, and a chartreuse hoop earring and matching necklace
Artist or Maker
Emil Nolde
Title
Head of a South Sea islander- profile
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1913-1914
Medium
Gouache and India ink on yellowish rice paper
Dimensions
19 9/16 x 14 15/16 in. (49.6888 x 37.9413 cm) Mat: 30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 60.96 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.353
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Provenance
The artist (1867-1956). Stiftung Ada und Emil Nolde, Seebiill; purchased in 1978 by Robert Gore Rifkind (1928-2019), Beverly Hills; given in 1982 to LACMA.
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.