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.