Sale: 605 / Day Sale, June 13. 2026 in Munich → Lot 126000383
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126000383
Lyonel Feininger
Ship on Yellow Sea, 1939.
Watercolor and ink pen
Estimate:
€ 15,000 - 20,000
$ 17,550 - 23,400
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
126000383
Lyonel Feininger
Ship on Yellow Sea, 1939.
Watercolor and ink pen
Estimate:
€ 15,000 - 20,000
$ 17,550 - 23,400
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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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