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Water spring
Lost Art-ID
522710
Artist / Creator
Nay, Ernst Wilhelm
Birth
1902.06.11, Berlin
Death
1968, Köln
Place of activity
Köln-Braunfeld; Hofheim (Taunus)
Last mentioned
1956 (vor)
Title
Water spring
Period of time
1900-1942
Dating
1943
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil ; Canvas / painted
Height
99.50 cm
Width
130.00 cm
Description
a couple, he leaning towards the spring with a cup, woman behind him, sweeping lines, strong rhythm, green, red, black and white, ochre (description after S. Dittmayer); signed lower left: E W Nay 43; verso on canvas: 1943 Quelle
Provenance
Acquired 1943/1944 presumably via Günther Franke, Munich; Hans Dittmayer, Dresden; stored in special crates at the "DEPE-Werke" company in Prague, Visozan; reported to the local national administration in 1946, whereabouts unknown thereafter; Galerie Wilhelm Großhennig, Düsseldorf; private collection, New York
Storage site
Literature / Source
Aurel Scheibler, Werkverzeichnis E. W. Nay, Nr. 318 mit Abb.
Published since
Contact
Please contact the German Lost Art Foundation.
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