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Ernst Wilhelm Nay

Lot 124000083
Orpheus Lied, 1947
Pencil drawing

12.0 x 8.7 in (30.5 x 22.0 cm)
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Lot 124000083
Orpheus Lied, 1947
Pencil drawing
12.0 x 8.7 in (30.5 x 22.0 cm)
Estimate:
€ 1,500 - 2,000
Auction: 17 days

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich
Auction: Jul 15, 2024 03:27 PM
Auction number: 22
Auction name: Online Sale
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Lot Details
Pencil drawing. Inscribed "27; Zu 'Orpheus', Blei, 30,5 x 22, unsign. 1947 unverkfl." by Elisabeth Nay-Scheibler on the reverse, as well as with the dedication "Für Stefan in Freundschaft Elisabeth April 80" in the bottom margin. On wove paper. 30.5 x 22 cm. , size of sheet. [MH].
- From the important series of the “Hekate Paintings” - marking the transition from figuration to abstraction.
LITERATURE: Magdalene Claesges, Ernst Wilhelm Nay. Werkverzeichnis. Aquarelle - Gouachen - Zeichnungen, vol. 1: 1919-1948, Ostfildern 2012, no. 48-036 (illu.).
Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt a. M. 1976, cat. no. II 27, there: "Kopf zu: Orpheus"
Artist's estate. Private collection Bavaria (gifted from E. Nay-Scheibler 1980)
In good condition. Two tiny pinholes in the upper margin. The lower sheet with a few brownish water stains and a slightly greasy stain from teh making. Left margin irregular and with a slight crease in the lower corner. The right margin with a handling mark.
Lot Details
Pencil drawing. Inscribed "27; Zu 'Orpheus', Blei, 30,5 x 22, unsign. 1947 unverkfl." by Elisabeth Nay-Scheibler on the reverse, as well as with the dedication "Für Stefan in Freundschaft Elisabeth April 80" in the bottom margin. On wove paper. 30.5 x 22 cm. , size of sheet. [MH].
- From the important series of the “Hekate Paintings” - marking the transition from figuration to abstraction.
LITERATURE: Magdalene Claesges, Ernst Wilhelm Nay. Werkverzeichnis. Aquarelle - Gouachen - Zeichnungen, vol. 1: 1919-1948, Ostfildern 2012, no. 48-036 (illu.).
Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt a. M. 1976, cat. no. II 27, there: "Kopf zu: Orpheus"
Artist's estate. Private collection Bavaria (gifted from E. Nay-Scheibler 1980)
In good condition. Two tiny pinholes in the upper margin. The lower sheet with a few brownish water stains and a slightly greasy stain from teh making. Left margin irregular and with a slight crease in the lower corner. The right margin with a handling mark.
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