Ernst Wilhelm Nay

Ernst Wilhelm Nay 1902 - 1968 Ohne Titel. 1956. Watercolor. Signed, dated, and inscribed “Cr” in the lower right. On wove paper. 41.7 x 60.2 cm (16.4 x 23.7 in), the full sheet. The inscription “Cr” refers to the location where the watercolor was created: Crans sur Sierre (Valais), Switzerland. [AW]. • A vibrant work from Nay’s famous phase of the "Disk Paintings", created from the mid-1950s through the early 1960s. • The “Disk Paintings” are among Ernst Wilhelm Nay’s most sought-after works on the international auction market (source: artprice.com). • Offered on the international auction market for the first time. • Watercolors from this series are at, among others, the Sprengel Museum, Hanover; the Kunsthalle Hamburg; and the Museum Folkwang, Essen. The work is listed in the (online) catalogue raisonné of E. W. Nay’s works on paper, regularly updated and expanded by Dr. Magdalene Claesges, Cologne, under the number “WV-C 56-058.1”. We are grateful for the kind assistance. PROVENANCE: Private collection, Southern Germany. In the family’s possession ever since. EXHIBITION: IKI 3rd Internationaler Markt für aktuelle Kunst, Neues Messegelände, Düsseldorf, September 29–October 7, 1973, presumably through Galerie Marbach, Paris (exhibition and gallery labels on the backing board). Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 17.36 h +/- 20 min.

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