Sale: 591 / Day Sale, June 07. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 125000454
Lot 125000454 
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125000454
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Ohne Titel, 1952.
Watercolor, India ink and pencil
Estimate:
€ 15,000 - 20,000
$ 16,200 - 21,600
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Ohne Titel. 1952.
Watercolor, India ink and pencil.
Inscribed "8 Nay Aquarell 1952. Dieses Blatt ist von E. W. Nay. Elisabeth Nay" by E. Nay-Scheibler on the reverse. On Hahnemühle laid paper (with the watermark). 48.5 x 33 cm (19 x 12.9 in), size of sheet. [MH].
• The combination of warm earthly tones and cool blue creates an exciting balance.
- Testimony to Nay's intense exploration of form and color.
• In the year it was created, Nay's purely abstract creative phase began with the “Rhythmic Pictures”.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt a. Main.
Private collection, Hesse.
EXHIBITION: E. W. Nay. Arbeiten auf Papier: Skizzen und Aquarelle 1949-1967, Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt a. Main, October 13 - November 24, 1979, cat. no. 8 (illustrated).
LITERATURE: Magdalene Claesges, Ernst Wilhelm Nay. Catalogue raisonné. Watercolors – Gouaches – Drawings, vol. 2: 1949–1953, Ostfildern 2014, catalog no. 52–118 (illustrated in color).
Watercolor, India ink and pencil.
Inscribed "8 Nay Aquarell 1952. Dieses Blatt ist von E. W. Nay. Elisabeth Nay" by E. Nay-Scheibler on the reverse. On Hahnemühle laid paper (with the watermark). 48.5 x 33 cm (19 x 12.9 in), size of sheet. [MH].
• The combination of warm earthly tones and cool blue creates an exciting balance.
- Testimony to Nay's intense exploration of form and color.
• In the year it was created, Nay's purely abstract creative phase began with the “Rhythmic Pictures”.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt a. Main.
Private collection, Hesse.
EXHIBITION: E. W. Nay. Arbeiten auf Papier: Skizzen und Aquarelle 1949-1967, Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt a. Main, October 13 - November 24, 1979, cat. no. 8 (illustrated).
LITERATURE: Magdalene Claesges, Ernst Wilhelm Nay. Catalogue raisonné. Watercolors – Gouaches – Drawings, vol. 2: 1949–1953, Ostfildern 2014, catalog no. 52–118 (illustrated in color).
125000454
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Ohne Titel, 1952.
Watercolor, India ink and pencil
Estimate:
€ 15,000 - 20,000
$ 16,200 - 21,600
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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