Sale: 502 / Modern Art II, July 18. 2020 in Munich Lot 357

 

357
Lyonel Feininger
Brigg in Dünung, 1933.
Watercolor and Indian ink drawing
Estimate:
€ 35,000 / $ 37,800
Sold:
€ 87,500 / $ 94,500

(incl. surcharge)
Brigg in Dünung. 1933.
Watercolor and Indian ink drawing.
Lower left signed, titled and inscribed with the artist's signet. Lower right dated. On fine laid paper. 30.6 x 46.7 cm (12 x 18.3 in), size of sheet. [CH].

• Feininger‘s time at the State Bauhaus in Weimar (1919 - 1932) came to an end shortly before this work was made
• Feininger‘s maritime depictions are among the most sought-after works within his euvre
• Other watercolors from thsi year are in possession of, among others, the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge/Massachusetts
.

Accompanied by photo expertise issued by Achim Moeller, ,anaging director of the Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York/Berlin, on October 7, 2016. The work is registered at the archive of the Lyonel Feininger Project with the number 1398-10-07-16.

PROVENANCE: Buchholz Gallery, Curt Valentin, New York.
Perry Townsend Rathbone (1911-2000), Cambridge/Massachusetts (acquired from aforementioned).
Private collection USA (inherized from aforementioned).




357
Lyonel Feininger
Brigg in Dünung, 1933.
Watercolor and Indian ink drawing
Estimate:
€ 35,000 / $ 37,800
Sold:
€ 87,500 / $ 94,500

(incl. surcharge)