Boot, 1907

Blatt: 429 x 607 mm
Darstellung: 340 x 465 mm

Physical Description: Lithografie

Inventory Number: 65818

Object Number: 65818 D

Acquisition: Acquired in 1948 as a donation from the heirs of the Carl Hagemann estate

Status: Not on display

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About the Acquisition

From 1900 onwards, the Frankfurt chemist and industrialist Carl Hagemann (1867‒1940) assembled one of the most important private collections of modern art. It included numerous paintings, drawings, watercolours and prints, especially by members of the artist group “Die Brücke”. After Carl Hagemann died in an accident during the Second World War, the then Städel director Ernst Holzinger arranged for Hagemann’s heirs to evacuate his collection with the museum’s collection. In gratitude, the family donated almost all of the works on paper to the Städel Museum in 1948. Further donations and permanent loans as well as purchases of paintings and watercolours from the Hagemann estate helped to compensate for the losses the museum had suffered in 1937 as part of the Nazi’s “Degenerate Art” campaign. Today, the Hagemann Collection forms the core of the Städel museum’s Expressionist collection.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Boot

Artist

Emil Nolde

Printer

August Westphalen (Flensburg)

Edition: 100

Production Place

Flensburg

Period Produced

20th century

Object Type

art print

Physical Description: Lithografie

Material

paper

Technique

brush lithography

Geographic Reference

German

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Signiert und datiert neben der Darstellung unten rechts (mit Bleistift): Emil Nolde 07.; betitelt unten mittig (von fremder Hand?): „Boot."

Captions Added Later: Bezeichnet unten rechts (mit Bleistift): M: 30.
Verso bezeichnet und nummeriert unten links (mit Bleistift): DrHagemann Nr. 23; nummeriert links daneben: 44.
Verso mittig links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

Schiefler-Mosel-Urban L. 24 I (von I)

Property and Acquisition

Institution

Städel Museum

Departement

Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline: Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright: © Nolde Stiftung Seebüll

Acquisition: Acquired in 1948 as a donation from the heirs of the Carl Hagemann estate

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre

seascape

Iconclass

Primary

25H23 sea (seascape)
46C232 rowing-boat, canoe, etc.
25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)

Secondary

25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city

Research and Discussion

Provenance

Object History: ...

Carl Hagemann (1867-1940), Frankfurt am Main

Nachlass Carl Hagemann, Frankfurt am Main, 1940

Schenkung der Erben an das Städelsche Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, 1948.

Information

Since 2001, the Städel Museum has systematically been researching the provenance of all objects that were acquired during the National Socialist period, or that changed owners or could have changed owners during those years. The basis for this research is the “Washington Declaration”, also known as the “Washington Conference Principles”, formulated at the 1998 “Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets” and the subsequent “Joint Declaration”.

The provenance information is based on the sources researched at the time they were published digitally. However, this information can change at any time when new sources are discovered. Provenance research is therefore a continuous process and one that is updated at regular intervals.

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