Candle Dancers (Kerzentänzerinnen)

1917

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 13 1/8 in. (41.6 × 33.3 cm) Image: 12 in. × 9 3/8 in. (30.5 × 23.8 cm)
Collection no.: 2013.935
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Candle Dancers (Kerzentänzerinnen) — Emil Nolde. 1917.

Medium: Woodcut. Dimensions: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 13 1/8 in. (41.6 × 33.3 cm) Image: 12 in. × 9 3/8 in. (30.5 × 23.8 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Purchase, Susan Schulman Printseller Gift, in honor of Catherine Jenkins, 2013.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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