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Ernst Wilhelm Nay

Composition

1963

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  • Artist Ernst Wilhelm Nay (German, 1902–1968)
  • Title Composition
  • Date 1963
  • Medium Watercolor and ink on paper
  • Dimensions unframed | 16 3/8 x 23 3/4 in.
    framed | 25 3/16 x 32 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
  • Credit line Gift of Commerce Bancshares, Inc., in honor of Laura Kemper Fields, 2013
  • Object number WU 2013.0008.0002

Ernst Wilhelm Nay
M. Knoedler & Co. (New York, New York), 01/21/1964 - 02/21/1964

10/22/2013
Laura Fields, Commerce Bank, Kansas City, MO (Robin Trafton at Bank)

Label Paper label printed in black ink: M. KNOEDLER AND CO., INC. / 14 EAST 57TH STREET / NEW YORK 22, N. Y. / P CA 6755 [typed inventory no.] F 15884 [typed no.] / TITLE Composition [typed and underlined] / by [typed and underlined] / Ernst Wilhelm Nay (1902 - ) [typed and underlined] / Watercolor / Size: 23 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches [typed] Label removed from old mat during conservation by Heugh-Edmondson.

Label Paper label printed in black ink: [on left side, printed sideways] Logo Commerce / Bank ; ARTIST / [handwritten in blue ink] Ernest Wilhelm Nay / NO. / [handwritten in blue ink] 277 / TITLE / [handwritten in blue ink] "Composition" / MEDIUM / SIZE / [handwritten in blue ink] 23 3/4" x 16 1/2" / DATE / [handwritten in blue ink] 1902 Label removed from old mat during conservation by Heugh-Edmondson.

Inscription Recto lower right corner in pencil: NAY / 63

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Ernst Wilhelm Nay

January 21, 1964–February 21, 1964

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