Sale: 591 / Day Sale, June 07. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 125000452
Lot 125000452 
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125000452
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Ohne Titel, 1952.
Watercolor and India ink over pencil
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 21,600 - 32,400
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Ohne Titel. 1952.
Watercolor and India ink over pencil.
Signed and dated in the lower right. On Hahnemühle laid paper (with the watermark). 48.3 x 63 cm (19 x 24.8 in), the full sheet.
Study for "Farblitho 1952", catalogue raisonné of prints no. 39. [MH].
• A colorful work from the important phase of his “Rhythmic Pictures.”
• After making the transition to pure abstraction, Nay arrived at a completely new form of design that combined color, shape, and line.
• This print displays Nay's characteristic style with clear colors and emotional depth: a prime example of his unique powers of expression.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Cologne.
Private collection, Hesse.
EXHIBITION: E. W. Nay. Arbeiten auf Papier: Skizzen - Aquarelle 1949-1967, Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt am Main, October 13-November 24, 1979, cat. no. 3.
LITERATURE: Magdalene Claesges, Ernst Wilhelm Nay. Catalogue raisonné. Watercolors – Gouaches – Drawings, vol. 2: 1949–1953, Ostfildern 2014, catalog no. 52-091 (illustrated in color).
Watercolor and India ink over pencil.
Signed and dated in the lower right. On Hahnemühle laid paper (with the watermark). 48.3 x 63 cm (19 x 24.8 in), the full sheet.
Study for "Farblitho 1952", catalogue raisonné of prints no. 39. [MH].
• A colorful work from the important phase of his “Rhythmic Pictures.”
• After making the transition to pure abstraction, Nay arrived at a completely new form of design that combined color, shape, and line.
• This print displays Nay's characteristic style with clear colors and emotional depth: a prime example of his unique powers of expression.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Cologne.
Private collection, Hesse.
EXHIBITION: E. W. Nay. Arbeiten auf Papier: Skizzen - Aquarelle 1949-1967, Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt am Main, October 13-November 24, 1979, cat. no. 3.
LITERATURE: Magdalene Claesges, Ernst Wilhelm Nay. Catalogue raisonné. Watercolors – Gouaches – Drawings, vol. 2: 1949–1953, Ostfildern 2014, catalog no. 52-091 (illustrated in color).
125000452
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Ohne Titel, 1952.
Watercolor and India ink over pencil
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 21,600 - 32,400
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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