Village at the River. 1951.
India ink drawing.
Signed and dated "3.IX.51" in lower right. On off-white wove paper. 19.1 x 29.5 cm (7.5 x 11.6 in), size of sheet.
[EH].

Achim Moeller, director of the Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York – Berlin, has confirmed this work's authenticity, it is registered in the archive of the Lyonel Feininger Project under the number 1872-09-05-23. The work is accompanied by a certificate.

PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate (with the estate stamp on the reverse)
Marlboroug Fine Art, London / New York
Private collection Italy.

EXHIBITION: Opere dalle collezioni private italiane, MArt Museo d'Arte Moderna, Rovereto May 19 - July 29, 2007, cat. no. 4.48, fig. p. 164.

LITERATURE: Curt Valentin Gallery (ed.), Lyonel Feininger: Drawings. Season's Greetings, Weihnachten 1951. New York: unpaginated greeting card.

In good condition. Sheet all in all discolored, stronger in edges. Lower left with a tiny foxmarks. Upper right margin minimally crimped. Sheet firmly pasted on the backing board in all four corners. Estate stamp on the reverse only visible in oblique view and minimally showing through to recto. Upper right margin minimally crimped.