Kythera | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2008.217
People: Ernst Wilhelm Nay, German (Berlin, Germany 1902 - 1968 Cologne, Germany)
Title: Kythera
Other Titles: Former Title: Study for "Cythera"
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1947
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/330059

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Tusche and graphite on paper

Dimensions

43.9 x 61.1 cm (17 5/16 x 24 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: l. r., in graphite: Nay 47

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 47-097

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Friends Anniversary Collection, Gift of Siegfried Gohr
Accession Year: 2008
Object Number: 2008.217
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. 1, 1919-1948, Hatje Cantz Verlag (Ostfildern, Germany, 2012), p. 228, cat. no. 47-097, col. ill.

Exhibition History

E. W. Nay. Zeichnungen, Museum Morsbroich, 03/26/1981 - 05/10/1981

Verification Level

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2008.217: Kythera