Sale: 433 / Post War I, June 11. 2016 in Munich Lot 932

 

932
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Ohne Titel, 1955.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600
Sold:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,400

(incl. surcharge)
Ohne Titel. 1955.
Watercolor.
Signed and dated lower right. On firm laid paper. 41.7 x 60.2 cm (16.4 x 23.7 in), size of sheet.

The work will be included into the forthcoming catlog raisonné of works on paper, compiled by Elisabeth Nay-Scheibler and Dr. Magdalene Claesges, Cologne.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Günther Franke, Munich
Galerie Crone, Berlin.

As of 1955 Nay began to make the "Scheibenbilder" (Disc Pictures), in which round color fields organize subtle modulations of space and colors in the picture. This sheet is one of the earlier works in this series. Nay made these works up into the early 1960s. At first sight this watercolor appears like a light snap-shot. However, Nay never rendered his watercolors in a spontaneous manner, instead they are the result of a concentrated and intentional composistion.



932
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Ohne Titel, 1955.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600
Sold:
€ 30,000 / $ 32,400

(incl. surcharge)