Gaea, 1950

Title

Gaea (Original Title)

Title Translation

Gaea

Painter

• Ernst Wilhelm Nay

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• abstract painting

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on canvas

Material

• canvas

Technique

• oil

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten links: Nay. 50

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Contemporary Art 1945-present

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© Elisabeth Nay-Scheibler, Köln / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024, Foto: U. Edelmann

Acquisition

Acquired in 1950 as transfer of the artists' grant

Genre

• abstraction

Main Motif

• area
• shape
• line
• colour

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Gaia

Primary

• 0 Abstract, Non-representational Art
• 49D43 prism ~ stereometry
• 49D32 line (~ planimetry, geometry)
• 22C4 colours, pigments, and paints

Secondary

• 49D33 triangle (~ planimetry, geometry)
• 49D36 circle (~ planimetry, geometry)
• 49D31 point (~ planimetry, geometry)

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