Nightly tragedy, 1945

Title

Nightly tragedy

Draughtsman

• Ernst Wilhelm Nay

Period Produced

• 20th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• paper

Technique

• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• movement study
• composition study
• design for a drawing

Captions Added Later

Verso unten rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Work Catalogues

• Claesges 2012.I.247.45-048

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© Elisabeth Nay-Scheibler, Köln / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

Genre

• historical narration

Primary

• 31AA2511 arm raised upward - AA - both arms or hands
• 31B62351 crying, shouting
• 33B3 fighting