id: 136265 accession number: 1960.158 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.158 updated: 2022-01-04 16:06:21.115000 Tanzerinnen (Dancers), 1917. Emil Nolde (German, 1876-1956). Woodcut; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund 1960.158 title: Tanzerinnen (Dancers) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1917 creation date earliest: 1917 creation date latest: 1917 current location: creditline: Delia E. Holden Fund copyright: --- culture: Germany, 20th century technique: woodcut department: Prints collection: PR - Woodcut type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Schiefler and Mosel 132 --- CREATORS * Emil Nolde (German, 1876-1956) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES