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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.215
People
Ernst Wilhelm Nay, German (Berlin, Germany 1902 - 1968 Cologne, Germany)
Title
Woman with butterfly
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Frau mit Schmetterling
Former Title: Study for female nude
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1946
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/330057

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
32.4 x 24.9 cm (12 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, t., graphite, handwritten: Bleistiftzeichnung von E. W. Nay 1945/46 // Dieses Blatt ist ein Original von der // Hand des Malers E. W. Nay // Köln 3.3.94 Elisabeth Nay Scheibler
  • inscription: verso, l.r., graphite, handwritten: Slg. Gohr
  • inscription: verso, l.r., graphite, handwritten: F5619

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 46-065

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
2008.215
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. 279, cat. no. 46-065, col. ill.

Verification Level

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