Ohne Titel (Kirche von Niedergrunstedt). 1913.
Charcoal drawing.
Dated "14 VI 13" upper left. With inscription "Kirche von Niedergrunstedt" on verso. On paper. 16,3 x 20,1 cm (6,4 x 7,9 in), the full sheet.

Accompanied by a photo expertise issued by Achim Moeller, New York, dated 31 March, 2011. The work is registered in the archive of the Lyonel Feiniger Project LLC, New York, under the number 430-03-31-11.

PROVENANCE: Alois J. Schardt, Halle, Berlin, Pomona (California).

EXHIBITION: Feininger und das Bauhaus. Weimar - Dessau - New York, Kunsthaus Apolda, 13 September - 20 December, 2009, cat. no. 14 (with illu. in colors p. 138).

Lyonel Feininger is regarded one of Expressionism's most renowned artists. His subtle village views count among his greatest achievements, both in form of paintings as well as on paper. Our sheet, executed in a strong and fluent stroke of the brush, opens the view onto the church of Niedergrunstedt. This charcoal drawing was made in a year that was both productive as well as innovative: In 1913 Feininger showed five of his works in the exhibition "Ersten Deutschen Herbstsalon" at the "Sturm"-Galerie of Herwarth Walden in Berlin, where in 1917 his first one-man show would take place. The same year Feininger was able to sell a decent amount of works to influential customers. [KP].