Sale: 22 / Online Sale, Dec. 10. 2023
Lot 123000828

123000828
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Lofotenküste mit Fischerboot, 1937.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,950 Sold:
€ 18,415 / $ 20,808 (incl. surcharge)
Lofotenküste mit Fischerboot. 1937.
Watercolor.
Lower right signed and dated. Inscribed "Lofoten" on the reverse. On Ingres laid paper by Fabriano (with watermark PMF (Italia)). 48.3 x 63 cm (19 x 24.8 in), the full sheet.
[AR].
• From the group of the "Lofoten Pictures" that marked the first peak in his creation.
• This is prime example of his impression of the Nordic landscape as well as of the development of his new method and understanding of the color.
• On display in the comprehensive retrospective exhibition in Cologne, Basel and Edinburgh in 1990/91.
• Privately-owned for more than 20 years.
PROVENANCE: Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt a. M. (2000).
Private collection Hesse.
EXHIBITION: Lofotenbilder - zu Ehren von Carl Georg Heise (1890-1979), Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lübeck, July 1 - September 2, 1990, cat. no. 28 (fig. p. 41).
Retrospektive. E.W. Nay, Josef-Haubrich Kunsthalle, Cologne, November 17, 1990 - January 20, 1991, Kunthalle Basel March 28 - May 20, 1991, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, June 8 - July 21, 1991, cat. no. 117 (there erroneously undated).
Ernst Wilhelm Nay - Arbeiten aus Privatbesitz. Hans Steinbrenner - Bronzen, Doppelausstellung, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt a. M., February 5 - March 25, 2000 (on the invitation card).
LITERATURE: Magdalena Claesges, Ernst Wilhelm Nay. Werkverzeichnis. Aquarelle - Gouachen - Zeichnungen, vol. I, Cologne, 2012, cat. no. 37-006 (fig.).
Lempertz, auction 482, Cologne, May 20/21, 1965, lot 675 (plate 12).
Dr. Ernst Hauswedell, auction 187, Moderne Kunst, Hamburg, June 9/10, 1972, lot 1706.
In good condition. With tiny isolated splits along margins and with small brownish stains.
Watercolor.
Lower right signed and dated. Inscribed "Lofoten" on the reverse. On Ingres laid paper by Fabriano (with watermark PMF (Italia)). 48.3 x 63 cm (19 x 24.8 in), the full sheet.
[AR].
• From the group of the "Lofoten Pictures" that marked the first peak in his creation.
• This is prime example of his impression of the Nordic landscape as well as of the development of his new method and understanding of the color.
• On display in the comprehensive retrospective exhibition in Cologne, Basel and Edinburgh in 1990/91.
• Privately-owned for more than 20 years.
PROVENANCE: Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt a. M. (2000).
Private collection Hesse.
EXHIBITION: Lofotenbilder - zu Ehren von Carl Georg Heise (1890-1979), Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lübeck, July 1 - September 2, 1990, cat. no. 28 (fig. p. 41).
Retrospektive. E.W. Nay, Josef-Haubrich Kunsthalle, Cologne, November 17, 1990 - January 20, 1991, Kunthalle Basel March 28 - May 20, 1991, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, June 8 - July 21, 1991, cat. no. 117 (there erroneously undated).
Ernst Wilhelm Nay - Arbeiten aus Privatbesitz. Hans Steinbrenner - Bronzen, Doppelausstellung, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt a. M., February 5 - March 25, 2000 (on the invitation card).
LITERATURE: Magdalena Claesges, Ernst Wilhelm Nay. Werkverzeichnis. Aquarelle - Gouachen - Zeichnungen, vol. I, Cologne, 2012, cat. no. 37-006 (fig.).
Lempertz, auction 482, Cologne, May 20/21, 1965, lot 675 (plate 12).
Dr. Ernst Hauswedell, auction 187, Moderne Kunst, Hamburg, June 9/10, 1972, lot 1706.
In good condition. With tiny isolated splits along margins and with small brownish stains.
123000828
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Lofotenküste mit Fischerboot, 1937.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,950 Sold:
€ 18,415 / $ 20,808 (incl. surcharge)
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