Squatting Figures, Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Squatting Figures
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Ernst Wilhelm Nay: Hockende Gestalten, 1945, Gouache auf Karton, 205 x 315 mm. Sammlung Becker, Trier

Ernst Wilhelm Nay: Zwei Propheten, 1945, Gouache auf Aquarellpapier, 190 x 240 mm. Inv. Nr. C 68 / 1640, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Graphische Sammlung, Stuttgart

Ernst Wilhelm Nay

Squatting Figures, 1945


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392 x 593 mm
Physical Description
Pencil, erased and stumped, on wove paper
Inventory Number
16314
Object Number
16314 Z
Status
Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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In this pencil drawing, Ernst Wilhelm Nay depicted three voluminous figures with strongly simplified forms. He had broken the human body down into triangles, circles and rhombi and assembled those individual elements to arrive at these angular protagonists. The floor and the gaps between the figures feature chessboard-like patterns and circular eye shapes. By allowing the ornament to penetrate the bodies, the artist interlinked space and figure.

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15.11.2024