Sale: 365 / Post War/ Contemporary Art, April 24. 2010 in Munich Lot 924

 
Ernst Wilhelm Nay - Ohne Titel (zu Oberon)


924
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Ohne Titel (zu Oberon), 1947.
Brush and India ink drawing
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,240
Sold:
€ 3,050 / $ 3,294

(incl. surcharge)

Brush and India ink drawing and pencil
Signed and dated lower right. Inscribed by Elisabeth Nay-Scheibler on verso. On light cardboard. 43 x 28,5 cm (16,9 x 11,2 in), size of sheet
The sheet belongs to a series of drawings made in preparation of the two oil paintings "Oberon I" and "Oberon II" from 1947 (catalog raisonné oil no. 384 and 385). With a sketch in pencil on verso. [JS].

The sheet will be included into the forthcoming oeuvre catalog of watercolors, gouaches and drawings by Nay, which is currently being prepared by Elisabeth Nay-Scheibler and Dr. Magdalene Claesges, Cologne.

EXHIBITION: E.W. Nay. Das kleine Format, Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt a. M. 1976, cat. no. II 5.
Kunst nach 45 - aus Frankfurter Privatbesitz, Frankfurter Kunstverein Steinernes Haus, 7 October - 27 November 1983 (with adhesive label on frame covering).




924
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Ohne Titel (zu Oberon), 1947.
Brush and India ink drawing
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,240
Sold:
€ 3,050 / $ 3,294

(incl. surcharge)