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2066

Ernst Wilhelm Nay

Berlin 1902 – 1968 Cologne

”La Belle et la Bête”. 1944

Pencil on paper. 15,9 × 24,5 cm (6 ¼ × 9 ⅝ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Ernst Wilhelm Nay. ”La Belle et la Bête”. 1944.

Estimate:

EUR 2,000

 

- 3,000

Sold for:

3,741 EUR (incl. premium)

Timed Auctions 2026 B

Online Only Modern & Contemporary Art, 31 July – 16 August 2026, Sunday, 16.08.2026

Information

Pencil on paper. 15,9 × 24,5 cm (6 ¼ × 9 ⅝ in.). Signed and dated lower right: Nay 44. On the reverse: Abstract sketch. Pencil. Catalogue raisonné: Claesges 44-033.

Condition Report: Fine, harmonious overall appearance. The sheet edges without tears or losses; in places lightly soiled. The corners with a few minor nicks; in the upper right, a faint handling crease (2,5 cm). At the right edge above the centre, a small red trace from the artists workshop, and at the lower edge on the left, one small rest of Japan paper (0,2 x 1,5 cm). On the reverse, in the upper corners remnants of white paper tape from a former mount

Collection Karlheinz Gabler, Frankfurt am Main (thence by descent to the present owner)

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