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AMERICAN VISIONARIES: PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
ERNST WILHELM NAY (1902-1968)
Gelb und Silbergrau (Yellow and Silver-Grey)
Details
ERNST WILHELM NAY (1902-1968)
Gelb und Silbergrau (Yellow and Silver-Grey)
signed and dated 'Nay. 61.' (lower right); signed, titled and date 'E.W.NAY GELB UND SILBERGRAU 1961' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
78 7⁄8 x 49 3/8in. (200.3 x 125.5cm.)
Painted in 1961
Gelb und Silbergrau (Yellow and Silver-Grey)
signed and dated 'Nay. 61.' (lower right); signed, titled and date 'E.W.NAY GELB UND SILBERGRAU 1961' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
78 7⁄8 x 49 3/8in. (200.3 x 125.5cm.)
Painted in 1961
Provenance
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York.
Mr. and Mrs. John Day Stuchell, Pittsburgh (acquired from the above in 1967).
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York.
Private Collection, Zurich.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 30 November 1994, lot 15.
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
Mr. and Mrs. John Day Stuchell, Pittsburgh (acquired from the above in 1967).
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York.
Private Collection, Zurich.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 30 November 1994, lot 15.
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
F. Usinger, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Reckinghausen 1961, p. 25 (illustrated, p. 56).
'The 42nd Pittsburgh International', in Art International, vol. V, no. 8, 20 Oct. 1961 (illustrated, p. 73).
A. Scheibler and S. Gohr, Ernst Wilhelm Nay: Werkverzeichnis der Ölgemälde, Band II, 1952-1968, Cologne 1990, no. 995 (illustrated in colour, p. 212).
'The 42nd Pittsburgh International', in Art International, vol. V, no. 8, 20 Oct. 1961 (illustrated, p. 73).
A. Scheibler and S. Gohr, Ernst Wilhelm Nay: Werkverzeichnis der Ölgemälde, Band II, 1952-1968, Cologne 1990, no. 995 (illustrated in colour, p. 212).
Exhibited
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute of Art, The 1961 Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, 1961-1962, no. 284.
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