Snake charmer, 1949

Title

Snake charmer

Draughtsman

• Ernst Wilhelm Nay

Period Produced

• 20th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• gouache paint
• graphite-clay mixture
• paper

Technique

• gouache (technique)
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten rechts (mit der Feder in Grau): NAy 49

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel der Städtischen Galerie, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2371c)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Work Catalogues

• Claesges 2012.II.49.49-092

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

© Elisabeth Nay-Scheibler, Köln / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023

Genre

• abstraction

Primary

• 0 Abstract, Non-representational Art