Riesenschildkröte. 1923/24.
Watercolor.
Signed lower right. On Japon, laid on thin beige board. 33 x 47.4 cm (12.9 x 18.6 in), the full sheet.

One of the rare animal motifs in Nolde's ouvre of watercolors.
Accompanied by a photo expertise issued by Dr. Martin Urban on 10 February, 1979.

PROVENANCE: Museum Wiesbaden (until 1937, there with title "Wasserschildkröte").
Leonhard Hansen, Kiel (the artist's brother, acquired from the musuem).
Private collection Northern Germany (acquired directly from aforementioned).
Private collection Kiel (acquired directly from aforementioned).

EXHIBITION: 30 Deutsche Künstler aus unserer Zeit, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Neues Museum, Wiesbaden, April-June 1929.