Untitled | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2008.213.1-2
People: Ernst Wilhelm Nay, German (Berlin, Germany 1902 - 1968 Cologne, Germany)
Title: Untitled
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Ohne Titel
Former Title: Two Studies
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1951
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/330055

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on paper

Dimensions

14.5 x 21 cm (5 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: on mat, below drawings: Für Siegfried Gohr herzlich Elisabeth Nay-Scheibler

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: The artist, by inheritance to his widow Elisabeth Nay-Scheibler, gift; to Siegfried Gohr, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2008

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Claesges 51-585, Claesges 51-610

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Friends Anniversary Collection, Gift of Siegfried Gohr
Accession Year: 2008
Object Number: 2008.213.1-2
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Dr. Magdalene Claesges, Ernst Wilhelm Nay. Werkverzeichnis. Aquarelle - Gouachen - Zeichnungen, Bd. 2, 1949-1953, Hatje Cantz (Ostfildern, Germany, 2014), p. 362, no ill. (51-585, full entry on website), p. 266, col. ill (51-610)

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2008.213.1-2: Untitled