Sale: 524 / Post War / Contemporary Art II, Dec. 10. 2021 in Munich Lot 35

 

35
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Ohne Titel, 1965.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 27,000
Sold:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,400

(incl. surcharge)
Ohne Titel. 1965.
Watercolor.
Claesges 65-124. Bottom right signed, dated and inscribed "K". On firm paper. 60 x 42 cm (23.6 x 16.5 in), the full sheet.
The inscription "K" refers to the Greek island of Kreta (Crete) as place of origin.
• From the important transitional period between the "Augenbilder" (Eye Pictures) and the "Spindelbilder" (Spindle Pictures).
• A sheet in bright colors made during a summer vacation on Crete.
• In 1964 Ernst Wilhelm Nay showed three works at Documenta III.
• Privately-owned for more than 45 years
.

PROVENANCE: Privately-owned.
Orangerie Reinz, Cologne (1986)
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above).

EXHIBITION: Galleria Henze Campione d'Italia, catalog 21, 1979, cat. no. 29 with illu.

During a stay on Crete in the summer of 1965 Ernst Wilhelm Nay made a series of watercolors that testify to the artist's intensive examination of form and color. In comparison with the shape of the eye, the shape of the spindle came to the fore and he put increased focus on the color's illuminating power. The convergence of the artistic expression, which eventually became manifest in the Spindle Pictures in his late period of creation, emerged in those days. [EH]



35
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Ohne Titel, 1965.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 27,000
Sold:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,400

(incl. surcharge)