EMIL NOLDE (1867-1956)Blühende SyringenEMIL NOLDE (1867-1956)Blühende Syringensigned 'Emil Nolde' (lower right); signed again and titled 'Emil Nolde: "Blühende Syringen"' (on the stretcher)oil on burlap25 5/8 x 33 in. (65.1 x 83.7 cm.)Painted in 1908Details EMIL NOLDE (1867-1956)Blühende Syringensigned Emil Nolde (lower right); signed again and titled Emil Nolde: Blühende Syringen (on the stretcher)oil on burlap25 5/8 x 33 in. (65.1 x 83.7 cm.)Painted in 1908 Provenance Karl Steinbart, Berlin (circa 1910-1915, then by descent).Gustav Stein, Cologne (acquired from the above, 1940).Roman Norbert Ketterer, Lugano (acquired from the above, 1969); sale, Sothebys, London, 3 July 1973, lot 94.Anon. sale, Christies, London, 8 October 1998, lot 21.Acquired at the above sale by the late owner. Literature The Artists Handlist, 1910, no. 147. The Artists Handlist, 1930.M. Urban, Emil Nolde: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, 1895-1914, London, 1987, vol. I, p. 226, no. 247 (illustrated). Exhibited Bonn, Landesmuseum, Expressionismus aus rheinischem Privatbesitz, 1965, no. 35 (illustrated, p. 58). Conditions of saleProperty from the Estate of Nona Koerfer Giese