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Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Spiele, 1951.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 120,000 - 180,000

 
$ 140,400 - 210,600

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58
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Spiele, 1951.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 120,000 - 180,000

 
$ 140,400 - 210,600

+
 

Ernst Wilhelm Nay
1902 - 1968

Spiele. 1951.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Signed, dated, titled, as well as inscribed with the dimensions and a direction arrow on the stretcher. 100.5 x 125.3 cm (39.5 x 49.3 in).

• From the significant early phase of his “Fugal Pictures”.
• A vivid testament to Nay’s exploration of music as a central source of inspiration during this creative period.
• In its visual depth, the composition of the present work “Spiele” evokes associations to a musical fugue.
• Playful: The theme: red; the response: blue; the resonance: white and gray.
• “Fugale Bilder” are at, among others, the Museum Folkwang in Essen, the Museum Wiesbaden, the Nationalgalerie in Berlin, the Bavarian State Painting Collection in Munich, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, and the Sprengel Museum in Hanover
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We are grateful to Dr. Brigitte Schlüter of the Ernst Wilhelm Nay Foundation in Cologne for her kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Wilbrand, Cologne (with the stamp on the stretcher).
Private collection, Switzerland.
Galerie Haeseler, Munich (since 1987, Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich).
Private Southern Germany (acquired from the above around 2000).

EXHIBITION: Abstrakte Maler der inneren Emigration, Landesmuseum, Mainz, February 24-March 31, 1985, cat. no. 48.

LITERATURE: Aurel Scheibler, Ernst Wilhelm Nay. Werkverzeichnis der Ölgemälde, vol. 1: 1922-1951, Cologne 1990, CR no. 533 (illustrated in color).
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Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, auction 115, 20th Century Art, June 1, 1987, lot 799 (illustrated, color plate).

Called up: ca. 18.54 h +/- 20 min.





Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Ernst Wilhelm Nay "Spiele"
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Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.

Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.

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Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
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4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
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