Himmelsrichtung, 1963

Title

Himmelsrichtung (Original Title)

Title Translation

Cardinal points

Painter

• Ernst Wilhelm Nay

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• abstract painting
• Art Informel

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on canvas

Material

• canvas

Technique

• oil

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Contemporary Art 1945-present

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

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

Acquisition

Acquired in 2014 as a gift from private property.

Genre

• abstraction

Main Motif

• area
• colour
• shape

Primary

• 0Abstract, Non-representational Art
• 22C4colours, pigments, and paints
• 49D43prism ~ stereometry
• 49D36circle (~ planimetry, geometry)

Associative

• 31A2212eyes
• 25A1521meridian

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