id: 136265
accession number: 1960.158
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.158
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Tanzerinnen (Dancers), 1917. Emil Nolde (German, 1876-1956). Woodcut; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund 1960.158
title: Tanzerinnen (Dancers)
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creation date: 1917
creation date earliest: 1917
creation date latest: 1917
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creditline: Delia E. Holden Fund
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culture: Germany, 20th century
technique: woodcut
department: Prints
collection: PR - Woodcut
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Schiefler and Mosel 132
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CREATORS
* Emil Nolde (German, 1876-1956) - artist
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty
opening date: 1960-11-30T05:00:00
Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).
title: The Milieu of Edvard Munch
opening date: 1977-05-05T04:00:00
The Milieu of Edvard Munch. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 5-June 5, 1977).
title: German Expressionist Graphics
opening date: 1980-05-07T04:00:00
German Expressionist Graphics. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 7-October 5, 1980).
title: Paper: The Continuous Thread
opening date: 1982-08-21T04:00:00
Paper: The Continuous Thread. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 21-October 24, 1982).
title: Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection
opening date: 2003-08-17T00:00:00
Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).
title: Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints
opening date: 2015-01-25T00:00:00
Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 17, 2015).
title: Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper
opening date: 2018-01-14T05:00:00
Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 14-May 27, 2018).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
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These two swooning female dancers in long, elegant robes express themselves in dramatic but graceful curves, which are matched by Nolde’s vigorous gouging of the block. He combined a richly inked block with embossing, created by printing the block without ink (especially evident on the dancers’ white dresses). Throughout his career, Nolde returned to the theme of the dancer as the embodiment of freedom and expressivity. He knew several renowned avant-garde dancers whose form of modern dance involved elemental poses and free movements, often accompanied only by a drumbeat.
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