Emil Nolde (German, 1867–1956)

Joy in Life (Lebensfreude) from the series Fantasies (Phantasien)

Date:

(1905)

Medium:

Etching and tonal etching

Dimensions:

plate: 7 1/16 x 4 11/16" (18 x 11.9 cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 3/8" (44.9 x 31.4 cm)

Paper:

Beige, smooth, wove.

Publisher:

The artist, Berlin

Printer:

Otto Felsing, Berlin

Edition:

one of 26 impressions of state II (total edition, state I-II: 28); plus 2 T.P.

Credit Line:

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund

Copyright:

© Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, Germany

Reference:

Sch.-M. (R)11 II.

MoMA Number:

100.1955

Themes:

Nude

Techniques:

Intaglio