Ernst Wilhelm Nay

Ohne Titel (Postkarte)
1955

Watercolour and opaque white on cardboard

10 × 16.5 cm | 4 × 6 1/2 in

Signed and dated “55” Signed again and dated “20.12.56” by the artist and also signed by Elisabeth Nay The artist’s writing and the address by a third hand to Prof. Dr. Will Grohmann, Berlin-Lankwitz on the verso: “Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year 1957 Yours EW Nay & Elisabeth Nay”

Catalogue Raisonné by E. W. Nay Stiftung 2018 no. 55-001

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Provenance

The artist’s studio; Collection Prof. Dr. Will Grohmann, Berlin; Private Collection Germany; Ketterer Munich (1995); Private Collection Southern Germany

Exhibitions

Galerie Ludorff, "Schöne Grüße – Künstlerpostkarten", Dusseldorf 2018
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen/Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, "Im Netzwerk der Moderne. Kirchner, Braque, Kandinsky, Klee, Richter, Bacon, Altenbourg und ihr Kritiker Will Grohmann", Dresden 2012/2013

Literature

Galerie Ludorff, "Schöne Grüße. Künstlerpostkarten", Dusseldorf 2018, p. 68/69
E. W. Nay Stiftung (Hg.), "Ernst Wilhelm Nay. Werkverzeichnis Aquarelle – Gouachen – Zeichnungen. Band 3 1954-1968", Bd. 3, Bearbeitung von Magdalene Claesges, Köln 2018, no. 55-001, p. 73
Konstanze Rudert (Hg.), "Im Netzwek der Moderne. Kirchner, Braque, Kandinsky, Klee, Richter, Bacon, Altenbourg und ihr Kritiker Will Grohmann", Ausst.-Kat. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden 2012, p. 249

About Ernst Wilhelm Nay

Ernst Wilhelm Nay was one of the most important representatives of German post-war art. His pictures show a relationship with the Informel.