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Jul 14, 2015
Jul 14, 2015
Dancer (Salome)
Dancer (Salome)
1922
Emil Nolde
(German, 1876–1956)
Etching and aquatint
Gift of Henry H. Hawley 1971.307
Catalogue raisonné: Schiefler and Mosel 211
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The dancer in Emil Nolde’s dreamlike etching is an object of desire. She may be the enchantress Circe, who turned Odysseus’s men into beasts, as suggested by the block-shaped, almost animalistic heads of the onlookers. Nolde unevenly applied the acid-resistant ground and manipulated it with different tools, such as his fingers, a knife, and a fine brush. The resulting grainy tone and texture align with the mysterious subject.
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