Lot Essay
The Work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné Vol. III of the artist’s works on paper, being prepared by Magdalene Claesges for the Ernst Wilhelm Nay Stiftung, Cologne.
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Composition 2
Details
Ernst Wilhelm Nay (1902-1968)
Composition 2
signed and dated 'Nay 63' (lower right)
watercolor on paper
16 ½ x 23 ¾ in. (41.9 x 57.7 cm.)
Painted in 1963.
Composition 2
signed and dated 'Nay 63' (lower right)
watercolor on paper
16 ½ x 23 ¾ in. (41.9 x 57.7 cm.)
Painted in 1963.
Provenance
M. Knoedler & Co., New York
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller III, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller III, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Ernst Wilhelm Nay, January-February 1964.
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