Lot 171
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Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Ohne Titel, 1952.
Watercolor and India ink over pencil
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 22,600 Sold:
€ 19,050 / $ 21,526 (incl. surcharge)
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).
171
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Ohne Titel, 1952.
Watercolor and India ink over pencil
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 22,600 Sold:
€ 19,050 / $ 21,526 (incl. surcharge)
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