Steamer

1910

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: etching and tonal etching on laid paper
Dimensions: plate: 30.4 × 40.4 cm (11 15/16 × 15 7/8 in.) sheet: 40 × 48.7 cm (15 3/4 × 19 3/16 in.)
Collection no.: 2012.92.149
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Steamer — Emil Nolde. 1910.

Medium: etching and tonal etching on laid paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 30.4 × 40.4 cm (11 15/16 × 15 7/8 in.) sheet: 40 × 48.7 cm (15 3/4 × 19 3/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2012.92.149. Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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