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Lyonel Feininger
Ship on Yellow Sea, 1939.
Watercolor and ink pen
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 17,550 Sold:
€ 30,960 / $ 36,223 (incl. surcharge)
248
Lyonel Feininger
Ship on Yellow Sea, 1939.
Watercolor and ink pen
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 17,550 Sold:
€ 30,960 / $ 36,223 (incl. surcharge)
Lyonel Feininger
1871 - 1956
Ship on Yellow Sea. 1939.
Watercolor and ink pen.
Signed in the lower left and dated “VII. II. 39” in the lower right. On brownish wove paper. 16.9 x 24.6 cm (6.6 x 9.6 in), size of sheet.
[MH].
• From the artist’s important early American period.
• Ships and sailboats are a recurring motif in his watercolors.
• During his lifetime, the Museum of Modern Art in New York showed an exhibition of his works in 1944/45.
• Part of the same private collection for over 50 years.
• 2026 marks the 70th anniversary of the artist’s death, with numerous exhibitions and events celebrating his work.
• Works by Lyonel Feininger are in many major international collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main; and the Sprengel Museum, Hanover.
Achim Moeller, Director of the Lyonel Feininger Project, New York – Berlin, has confirmed the authenticity of this work, it is registered in the Lyonel Feininger Project archive under number 2063-04-29-26.
PROVENANCE: Dayrell Kortheuer Collection, USA.
Private collection, Southern Germany (since 1975, Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York).
In the family’s possession ever since.
EXHIBITION: The Four Feininger's Exhibition, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, USA, November 3-13, 1956.
LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 199th auction, June 6-8, 1974, lot 454 (illustrated onp. 132).
1871 - 1956
Ship on Yellow Sea. 1939.
Watercolor and ink pen.
Signed in the lower left and dated “VII. II. 39” in the lower right. On brownish wove paper. 16.9 x 24.6 cm (6.6 x 9.6 in), size of sheet.
[MH].
• From the artist’s important early American period.
• Ships and sailboats are a recurring motif in his watercolors.
• During his lifetime, the Museum of Modern Art in New York showed an exhibition of his works in 1944/45.
• Part of the same private collection for over 50 years.
• 2026 marks the 70th anniversary of the artist’s death, with numerous exhibitions and events celebrating his work.
• Works by Lyonel Feininger are in many major international collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main; and the Sprengel Museum, Hanover.
Achim Moeller, Director of the Lyonel Feininger Project, New York – Berlin, has confirmed the authenticity of this work, it is registered in the Lyonel Feininger Project archive under number 2063-04-29-26.
PROVENANCE: Dayrell Kortheuer Collection, USA.
Private collection, Southern Germany (since 1975, Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York).
In the family’s possession ever since.
EXHIBITION: The Four Feininger's Exhibition, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, USA, November 3-13, 1956.
LITERATURE: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 199th auction, June 6-8, 1974, lot 454 (illustrated onp. 132).
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