My 13 (Mykonos), Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
My 13 (Mykonos)
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Ernst Wilhelm Nay

My 13 (Mykonos), 1964


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602 x 420 mm
Physical Description
Watercolour on rough wove paper
Inventory Number
SG 3253
Object Number
SG 3253 Z
Acquisition
Acquired in 1965 from the artist
Status
Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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Nay spent the summer of 1964 on the Greek island of Mykonos, where he painted a number of watercolours. Landscapes had already inspired his forms and colour schemes back in the 1930s, for example on his trips to Vietzkerstrand (Städel Museum, Inv. No. 16105) and the Lofoten Islands (Städel Museum, Inv. No. SG 3284, SG 3285). In the abstract work on view here, the shades of ochre and blue reflect the impressions of sea and sand. "My 13" is one of the so-called "Eye Pictures" the artist executed in 1963 and 1964. The name of the workgroup derives from the discs and circles he combined with tapering spindle shapes in such a way that the round forms are reminiscent of eyes.

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06.11.2024