Actress / Emil Nolde
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.102
- Title
- Actress
- Artist
- Emil Nolde
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Artist Life Dates
- 1867-1956
- Medium and Support
- watercolor on brown wove medium-weight paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1912
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Germany (nation)
- Berlin (state)
- Berlin
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Germany (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Berlin (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Berlin
- Style/Group/Movement
- German Expressionism
- Inscription
- Signed by artist in pencil, lower right corner: Nolde
- Dimensions
- 29.53 cm x 22.54 cm (11 5/8 in. x 8 7/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- figure painting
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract
- Physical Description
- Abstract portrait of an actress, formed by abstract pools of watercolor with only slight detailing laid in after to suggest a bowed head and curved neck.
- Subject Matter
- Abstract portrait of an actress, seemingly in a moment of contemplation or stillness, with head bowed.
- Secondary Keywords
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- entertainers
- europe (continent)
- genres
- geographic and political locations
- germany (nation)
- people and occupations
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by building type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2424 x 3213
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2007/2.102
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.102/2007_2_102.jpg
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"Actress; Emil Nolde." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.102/2007_2_102.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 17, 2024.