Asta: 513 / Post War / Contemporary Art II del 11 dicembre 2020 a Monaco di Baviera Lot 66


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Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Eurydike, 1947.
Gouache
Stima:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,400
Risultato:
€ 45,000 / $ 48,150

( commissione inclusa)
Eurydike. 1947.
Gouache.
Claesges 47-040. Signed and dated in lower right. Verso inscribed "E.W:Nay / Gouache zu 'Eurydike' 1947" by Elisabeth Nay-Scheibler. On laid paper. 48 x 30 cm (18.8 x 11.8 in), the full sheet.
[KT].
• Through the combination of abstract and figurative elements, Nay creates a poetic interpretation of the ancient myth of Eurydice bitten by the snake
• From the fascinating "Hekate period" (1945-48), in which Nay reflects on the events of the recent past, often using mythological themes
• After the years of defamation, important solo exhibitions took place in 1946/47, and the artist met important collectors, as well as his future wife Elisabeth Kerschbaumer
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PROVENANCE: Lempertz, Cologne, auction June 7, 1989, lot 1009 (with illu.).
Private collection Germany.




66
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Eurydike, 1947.
Gouache
Stima:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,400
Risultato:
€ 45,000 / $ 48,150

( commissione inclusa)