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Lyonel Feininger
Straßenszene, 1952.
Watercolor and pen and ink drawing
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 22,600 Sold:
€ 35,560 / $ 40,182 (incl. surcharge)
Straßenszene. 1952.
Watercolor and pen and ink drawing.
Lower left signed and dated. On laid paper. 31.5 x 48.6 cm (12.4 x 19.1 in), the full sheet.
[SM].
• After his return to America, Feininger revisited cityscapes as a theme.
• The use of a disintegrated line and a muted palette is characteristic of his later works.
• Feininger is a master of giving lightness and movement to straight, linear forms.
Achim Moeller, director of the Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York - Berlin, has confirmed the authenticity of this work, which is registered in the Lyonel Feininger Project archive under the number 1580-02-26-19.
PROVENANCE: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York.
ACA Galleries, New York.
Southwestern Bell Houston, Texas.
Parrish & Reinisch, Inc, New York.
Sigrid Freundorfer Fine Art, New York.
Private Collection Germany.
EXHIBITION: Lyonel Feininger. Zurück in Amerika. 1937-1956, Stiftung Moritzburg, Kunstmuseum des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle (Saale), May 16 - August 30, 2009, cat. no. 71, pp. 195 and 224.
Die Blaue Vier. Lyonel Feininger, Alexej Jawlensky, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Galerie Thomas, Munich, May 9 - July 19, 2014.
Watercolor and pen and ink drawing.
Lower left signed and dated. On laid paper. 31.5 x 48.6 cm (12.4 x 19.1 in), the full sheet.
[SM].
• After his return to America, Feininger revisited cityscapes as a theme.
• The use of a disintegrated line and a muted palette is characteristic of his later works.
• Feininger is a master of giving lightness and movement to straight, linear forms.
Achim Moeller, director of the Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York - Berlin, has confirmed the authenticity of this work, which is registered in the Lyonel Feininger Project archive under the number 1580-02-26-19.
PROVENANCE: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York.
ACA Galleries, New York.
Southwestern Bell Houston, Texas.
Parrish & Reinisch, Inc, New York.
Sigrid Freundorfer Fine Art, New York.
Private Collection Germany.
EXHIBITION: Lyonel Feininger. Zurück in Amerika. 1937-1956, Stiftung Moritzburg, Kunstmuseum des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle (Saale), May 16 - August 30, 2009, cat. no. 71, pp. 195 and 224.
Die Blaue Vier. Lyonel Feininger, Alexej Jawlensky, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Galerie Thomas, Munich, May 9 - July 19, 2014.
488
Lyonel Feininger
Straßenszene, 1952.
Watercolor and pen and ink drawing
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 22,600 Sold:
€ 35,560 / $ 40,182 (incl. surcharge)
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