Hamburg, Schif im Dock (Hamburg, Ship in the Dock)

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Hamburg, Schif im Dock (Hamburg, Ship in the Dock)

Artist Emil Nolde (German, 1867-1956)

Date1910

DimensionsOverall: 17 1/2 x 23 7/16 in. (44.4 x 59.5 cm);
Plate: 12 3/16 x 16 1/8 in. (31 x 41 cm)

MediumEtching

ClassificationPrints

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1986.11

Not on View

Label TextIn 1910, Emil Nolde was in Hamburg for the opening of a retrospective of his work. Disappearing into a cheap sailors’ inn on the waterfront, over the next two weeks he produced an extraordinary burst of etchings, woodcuts, and drawings of the docks and harbor. He would draw with a metal tool on copper plates while on the docks, then at home place the plates in an acid bath to "bite" the lines. He experimented with different tools, scratching tangles of lines, and with various applications of acid, to evoke the smoke, steam, smog, and swelling waves. Nolde later wrote, “The resulting etchings had din and roar, tumult and smoke and life, but only a little sun.”Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Above Water: Bridges from the Collection, July 20 - Oct. 21 2007.

Toledo Museum of Art, European Expressionist and Cubist Works on Paper, 1900-1930, December 2, 2011-March 11, 2012 (University of Toledo Student Exhibition).

Toledo Museum of Art, Looks Good on Paper: Masterworks and Favorites, Oct. 10, 2014-Jan. 11, 2015.