Untitled

1965

Ernst Wilhelm Nay

Associated Names
Ernst Wilhelm Nay

Artist, German, 1902 - 1968

The image features bold, sweeping lines and organic shapes in an abstract composition. On the left, red and white forms create jagged edges. The central part of the image is dominated by large blue and teal shapes, bordered by dotted lines. Toward the right, irregular green shapes, with a pattern of white oval motifs. The interplay of these colors and forms creates an abstract tapestry.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color aquatint in light blue, dark blue, red and green on white Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.8 × 15.8 cm (8 9/16 × 6 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 34.7 × 27.8 cm (13 11/16 × 10 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.407

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Gabler 1975, no. 81, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Karl & Faber, Munich, December 10-11, 1970, lot 1078); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1975

  • Gabler, Karlheinz. Ernst Wilhelm Nay, die Druckgraphik 1923-1968. Stuttgart: Belser, 1975: no. 81, only

Inscriptions

signed, numbered and dated below image: 71/100 Nay 65

Wikidata ID

Q76556845

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