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Die graue Stadt (Le Mans)

Lot 6
01.12.2021 10:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 6 | Die graue Stadt (Le Mans)
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NAY, ERNST WILHELM
1902 Berlin - 1968 Cologne

Title: Die graue Stadt (Le Mans).
Date: 1942.
Technique: Gouache on vellum.
Measurement: 17,5 x 22,5cm.
Notation: Signed and dated lower right: E W Nay 42. Once more signed, dated, inscribed and titled verso: E W Nay 1942, Nr. 17 'die(crossed out) graue Stadt', Günther Franke.
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame. Not examined out of the frame.


We thank Dr. Martina Elger, Ernst Wilhelm Nay Foundation, Cologne, for the kind, scientific support.

Provenance:
- Collection Günther Franke, Munich
- Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, auction 243, 12.6.1982, lot 1101, ill. panel 122
- Private collection
- Galerie & Edition Bode, Nuremberg / Bode Galerie South Korea (2017)
- Private collection Bavaria

Exhibitions:
- Galerie Günther Franke, Munich 1946, cat. no. 73
- Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover 1950, cat. no. 76
- Kunstverein, Freiburg i. Br. 1953, cat. no. 47
- Kunstverein in Hamburg, 1955
- Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf 1959, cat. no. 152
- Städtische Galerie, Sammlung Günther Franke, Munich 1960, cat. no. 506
- Fränkische Galerie, Nuremberg 1961, cat. no. 61
- Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne 1969/Nationalgalerie, Berlin/Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt a.M., and others 1969, cat. no. 13
- Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne/Kunsthalle Bremen, 1972/72, cat. no. 17
- Galerie Günther Franke, Munich 1973, cat. no. 27
- Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich 1977, cat. no. 19
- Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Cologne/Kunsthalle Basel/Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 1990/91, cat. no. 132, ill. p. 161
- Lippische Gesellschaft für Kunst (Castle Detmold), Detmold 1992
- Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Cologne 1998/99, p. 33, ill.
- Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Cologne 2002/03
- Hubertus Melsheimer Kunsthandel, Cologne 2008
- Galerie Noah, Augsburg 2009
- Galerie Boisserée, Cologne 2015, cat. no. 89, ill.
- Galerie & Edition Bode, Nuremberg/Bode Galerie Korea, Daegu/South Korea, 2017, cat. ill. p. 44

Literature:
- Claesges, Magdalene: Ernst Wilhelm Nay - Werkverzeichnis. Aquarelle, Gouachen, Zeichnungen, volume I (1919-1948), Ostfildern 2012, p. 132, cat. rais. no. 42-004
- Exhibition catalogue E.W. Nay, Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Cologne 1998/99, p. 33, ill.
- E. W. Nay. Postkartenbuch mit Einführung, Chronologie, Bilderläuterungen und Auswahlbibliographie von Siegfried Gohr. Die bibliophilen Taschenbücher 652, Dortmund 1992, p. 16, ill. and image explanation no. 1
- Herbert Pée, Notizen zu Aquarellen und Gouachen von Nay, in: Ernst Wilhelm Nay. Aquarelle und Gouachen (exhibition catalogue), Staatliche Graphische Sammlung Munich, Munich 1977

- Impressive exhibition history
- Dense pictorial composition in very good condition
- From the series of rarely offered paintings of France.
Artist:Ernst Wilhelm Nay (1902 - 1968)
Applied technique:Gouache
Auction house category:Modern Art
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