Part I: Paintings, Works on Paper & Sculptures
Monday, 27 November 2023, 06:00 pm
Lot 28
Ernst Wilhelm Nay, 1902-1968 (DE)
Untitled, 1955
India ink brush on laid paper.
H 485 mm W 730 mm.
Signed and dated lower right: Nay, 55. Verso by E. Nay-Scheibler inscribed: Für Hilde Weitpert in Dankbarkeit – mit herzlichen Grüssen / Elisabeth Nay-Scheibler Dezember 1981 Köln. (Frame).
| CHF | 8'000 / 12'000 |
| EUR | 8'100 / 12'000 |
| USD | 8'800 / 13'000 |
Hammer Price: CHF 7'500
Provenance:
Private Collection (gift from E. Nay-Scheibler);
Auktion Lempertz, Köln, 2 June 1992, Lot 829;
Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Köln;
Private Collection South Germany;
Ketterer Kunst, München, 2 June 2006, Lot 118;
Swiss Private Property.
Exhibitions:
Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Köln 1998/99;
Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Köln 1999;
Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Köln 2002/03;
Galerie Frank Schlag & Cie., Essen 2004/05.
Literature:
Ernst Wilhelm Nay Foundation (Ed.). Catalogue raisonné Aquarelle - Gouachen – Zeichnungen. Volume 3. 1954 – 1968. Berlin 2018, No. 55-009, with illustration;
Exhibition catalogue. Galerie Orangerie-Reinz Köln, No. 1993, illustration on page 10.