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Ernst Wilhelm NayWW-1957-M063363
1957·Etching, drypoint, and aquatint·composition: 10 1/2 x 19 5/16" (26.7 x 49.1cm); sheet: 19 5/8 x 25 3/4" (49.8 x 65.4cm)

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Year
1957
Dimensions
composition: 10 1/2 x 19 5/16" (26.7 x 49.1cm); sheet: 19 5/8 x 25 3/4" (49.8 x 65.4cm)

Artist

Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Ernst Wilhelm Nay

Ernst Wilhelm Nay was a German abstract painter whose work evolved from figurative Expressionism toward non-objective composition in the postwar period. Working primarily in oil on canvas, he developed a distinctive vocabulary of floating, interlocking circular forms and bold chromatic relationships that defined his mature style from the 1950s onward. His paintings eschew narrative or symbolic reference in favor of pure formal and coloristic investigation, positioning him within the broader European abstraction movement of the mid-twentieth century.

Berlin, Germany

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Year
1957
Dimensions
composition: 10 1/2 x 19 5/16" (26.7 x 49.1cm); sheet: 19 5/8 x 25 3/4" (49.8 x 65.4cm)
Watts ID
WW-1957-M063363

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Ernst Wilhelm Nay

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