Weizengelb — Fine Art

Weizengelb - 1962 shows a field of yellow tones laid over a darker ground. The yellow ranges from pale to deep, and the darker tone holds the light shapes in place.

Ernst Wilhelm Nay built this kind of colour field in his later work, moving away from hard outlines. The fine art print sits in a frame with a back panel, so the yellow bands stay flat against the surrounding tone.

You can see the seam where the frame meets the print, and the panel keeps the sheet square. It fits a bedroom wall above a low bed, where the morning light hits the yellow first and the darker band stays steady below.