Ernst Wilhelm Nay

Ernst Wilhelm Nay 1902 - 1968 Figuration leicht und schwer. 1953. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in the lower right. Once more dated, as well as titled and inscribed with the direction “oben” on the reverse of the stretcher. 100 x 120 cm (39.3 x 47.2 in). Originally probably also signed on the reverse side of the stretcher; however, the signature is only fragmentarily preserved today. [AR]. • PURE RHYTHM Exhilarating freedom of expression. • A NEW BEGINNING: The atmosphere of Cologne in the postwar years is almost physically palpable. • WORK GROUP: From the “Rhythmic Pictures,” the beginning of Nay’s purely abstract creative phase. • EXHIBITION: Shown in a major solo exhibition the year it was created. • FAMILY-OWNED: In private hands for 70 years. PROVENANCE: Private collection. Galerie Hella Nebelung, Düsseldorf (around 1956). Private collection, Southern Germany (since 1956, acquired from the above) In the family’s possession ever since. EXHIBITION: E. W. Nay. Ölgemälde, Aquarelle und Graphiken, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, April 4–May 3, 1953. LITERATURE: Aurel Scheibler, Ernst Wilhelm Nay. Catalogue raisonné of oil paintings, vol. II: 1952–1968, Cologne 1990, CR no. 690 (here still without an illustration and annotated as “whereabouts unknown”). Called up: December 4, 2026 - ca. 17.04 h +/- 20 min.

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