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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.214
People
Ernst Wilhelm Nay, German (Berlin, Germany 1902 - 1968 Cologne, Germany)
Title
Femme rose
Other Titles
Former Title: Study for "Femme rose"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1947
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/330056

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.5 x 30.2 cm (8 7/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, t. graphite, handwritten: Bleistiftzeichnung von E. W. Nay 1947 zu "Femme rose" (WV 398) // Dieses Blatt ist ein Original von der Hand des // E. W. Nay - Elisabeth Nay Scheibler // Köln, 3.3.94
  • inscription: verso, l.l., graphite, handwritten: F5617
  • inscription: verso, l.r., graphite, handwritten: Slg. Gohr

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 47-200

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Friends Anniversary Collection, Gift of Siegfried Gohr
Copyright
© E. Nay-Scheibler. Koln / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.214
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. 370, cat. no. 47-200, col. ill.

Verification Level

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