Figural Alpha

© Ernst Wilhelm Nay / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany

Figural Alpha

Currently not on view

Figural Alpha,

1950

Ernst Wilhelm Nay, German, 1902–1968
y1993-5

Information

Title
Figural Alpha
Dates

1950

Maker
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.3 x 75.2 cm (15 7/8 x 29 5/8 in.) frame: 56.5 x 91 x 6.5 cm (22 1/4 x 35 13/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jaquelin H. Hume
Object Number
y1993-5
Place Made

Europe, Germany

Signatures
Signed and dated, upper right: Nay 50.
Culture
German
Type
oil paintings, paintings
Materials
oil paint, canvas
Subject
abstraction

Private Collection, Geller, Neuss; Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Dusseldorf 1981; Private Collection, San Francisco; Mrs. Jaquelin H. Hume; 1993 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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