2008.215: Woman with butterfly
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2008.215
- People
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Ernst Wilhelm Nay, German (Berlin, Germany 1902 - 1968 Cologne, Germany)
- Title
- Woman with butterfly
- Other Titles
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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
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- 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
- Permissions
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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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