Aquatint etching in colors on wove paper
Germany, 1965
Ernst Wilhelm Nay (1902-1968) - German painter and printmaker
Signed and dated ‘Nay 65’ and numbered in pencil (numbering in the images deviates from the real numbering of the lot)
Catalogue raisonné: Gabler 82
Image dimensions: 37.2 x 33.5 cm; sheet dimensions: 66 x 45.5 cm
Edited by Wolfgang Ketterer (blindstamp)
Printed by Georges Visat, Paris
Very good condition

The sheet had been envisaged for the portfolio ‘Über den Menschen’ [About the People], but has not been used for technical reasons.

Condition:
The sheet is in avery good condition, showing a faint discoloration of the paper. The dimensions of the image are 37.2 x 33.5 cm, while the sheet measures 66 x 45.5 cm.

Ernst Wilhelm Nay (1902-1968)
Ernst Wilhelm Nay was born in Berlin in 1902. He started training in the book trade, but discontinued his apprenticeship to devote himself to painting. With three of his paintings, he introduced himself to Karl Hofer in 1924. He then was accepted to the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, where he graduated as a master student of Hofer. Stays in Paris, Rome and Bornholm followed. On the Baltic Sea, in the summers of 1935 and 1936, he created his well-known series of paintings, depicting dunes and fishermen. Thereafter, he visited Norway at the invitation of Edvard Munch and the Lofoten Islands. During the Nazi regime, Nay’s works were considered ‘degenerate art’ – he could only paint in secret and was prohibited acquiring materials. After the war, the artist moved to Cologne and dedicated himself to abstract painting. Nay’s work cannot be assigned to any art movement. His oeuvre is characterized by strongly dissociated creative phases. He was primarily known for his colorful, abstract ‘Scheibenbilder’ [disk images], a creative period that started around 1954. In the following years, he took part in three documenta exhibitions, as well as the Venice Biennale, and thus succeeded in establishing himself internationally. Ernst Wilhelm Nay is one of the most important exponents of classical modernism in Germany. Today his works can be found in the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, the Museum Folkwang in Essen and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, amongst others. (cko)

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