Sale: 384 / Post War/ Contemporary Art, Oct. 29. 2011 in Munich Lot 1199

Ernst Wilhelm Nay - Vorstudie zum Ölbild "Albaran"


1199
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Vorstudie zum Ölbild "Albaran", 1951.
Pencil drawing
Estimate:
€ 1,500 / $ 1,605
Sold:
€ 2,250 / $ 2,407

(incl. surcharge)
Pencil drawing
Cf. Gohr/Scheibler 559 and Gabler 34. Signed and dated lower left. With inscription in lower margin of cardboard. On paper from a sketchblock, firmly mounted on gray cardboard on verso of corners. 40 x 29,7 cm (15,7 x 11,6 in), the full sheet
Composition study executed with some alterations in the painting of the same name from the days. As the sheet clearly shows, Nay finally completed the step to abstarction in 1951. [DB].

The sheet will be included into the forthcoming œvre catalog of Nay's watercolors, gouaches and drawings, which is currently prepared by Elisabeth Nay-Scheibler and Dr. Magdalene Claesges, Colognen.




1199
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Vorstudie zum Ölbild "Albaran", 1951.
Pencil drawing
Estimate:
€ 1,500 / $ 1,605
Sold:
€ 2,250 / $ 2,407

(incl. surcharge)