Raumbeispiel
223
Lyonel Feininger
Cloud Formation, 1922.
PencilOn perforated sketchbook paper
Estimate:
€ 6,000 - 8,000
$ 7,020 - 9,360
223
Lyonel Feininger
Cloud Formation, 1922.
PencilOn perforated sketchbook paper
Estimate:
€ 6,000 - 8,000
$ 7,020 - 9,360
Lyonel Feininger
1871 - 1956
Cloud Formation. 1922.
PencilOn perforated sketchbook paper.
Signed in the lower left, dated "9 9 22" in the upper left. 14.1 x 21.2 cm (5.5 x 8.3 in), the full sheet.
[AR].
• An atmospheric “nature sketch” from the early Bauhaus period.
• A preliminary study for the 1923 painting “Die Insel” (The Island) currently on offer in our Evening Sale.
• Created at Timmendorfer Strand, an important source of inspiration for the artist’s work.
• Long held by the artist’s family, offered on the international auction market for the first time.
Achim Moeller, Director of the Lyonel Feininger Project, New York - Berlin, has confirmed this work's authenticity; it is registered in the Lyonel Feininger Project archive under number 1988-01-29-25. A certificate of authenticity accompanies the work.
Additional information was provided by Achim Moeller, The Lyonel Feininger Project, New York - Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Andreas Feininger, New York (gifted by the artist).
Artist’s family (by inheritance).
Achim Moeller, New York (purchased from the above).
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 15.44 h +/- 20 min.
1871 - 1956
Cloud Formation. 1922.
PencilOn perforated sketchbook paper.
Signed in the lower left, dated "9 9 22" in the upper left. 14.1 x 21.2 cm (5.5 x 8.3 in), the full sheet.
[AR].
• An atmospheric “nature sketch” from the early Bauhaus period.
• A preliminary study for the 1923 painting “Die Insel” (The Island) currently on offer in our Evening Sale.
• Created at Timmendorfer Strand, an important source of inspiration for the artist’s work.
• Long held by the artist’s family, offered on the international auction market for the first time.
Achim Moeller, Director of the Lyonel Feininger Project, New York - Berlin, has confirmed this work's authenticity; it is registered in the Lyonel Feininger Project archive under number 1988-01-29-25. A certificate of authenticity accompanies the work.
Additional information was provided by Achim Moeller, The Lyonel Feininger Project, New York - Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Andreas Feininger, New York (gifted by the artist).
Artist’s family (by inheritance).
Achim Moeller, New York (purchased from the above).
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 15.44 h +/- 20 min.
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Lyonel Feininger "Cloud Formation"
This lot can only be purchased subject to regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 2,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 2,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 2,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 2,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
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