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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR57.31
People
Ernst Wilhelm Nay, German (Berlin, Germany 1902 - 1968 Cologne, Germany)
Title
Composition
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1957
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/220241

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor on cream wove paper
Dimensions
42 x 60.4 cm (16 9/16 x 23 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.r.: Nay 57
  • inscription: on verso at u.l., graphite, handwritten: 1957.32 [sic]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Association Fund
Copyright
© E. Nay-Scheibler. Koln / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
BR57.31
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Peter Nisbet and Emilie Norris, Busch-Reisinger Museum: History and Holdings, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1991), p. 91, ill.

Exhibition History

  • Works from the 20th Century Collection of the Busch-Reisinger, Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 09/23/1980 - 10/24/1980
  • 19th- and 20th-Century Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/08/1982

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