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Badende am Meere II (Badende am Strande VI)
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LYONEL FEININGER (1871-1956)
Badende am Meere II (Badende am Strande VI)
signed and dated 'Feininger 17' (lower left); signed with initials, titled and inscribed '"BADENDE AM MEERE, II" KISTE "L.F. V"' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
33 5⁄8 x 39 ¾ in. (85.2 x 101 cm.)
Painted in 1917
Badende am Meere II (Badende am Strande VI)
signed and dated 'Feininger 17' (lower left); signed with initials, titled and inscribed '"BADENDE AM MEERE, II" KISTE "L.F. V"' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
33 5⁄8 x 39 ¾ in. (85.2 x 101 cm.)
Painted in 1917
Provenance
(possibly) Galerie Neue Kunst (Hans Goltz), Munich (by October 1918).
Harry Fuld, Berlin (by 1926).
Harry Fuld, Jr., Berlin (by descent from the above).
Confiscated from the above by the Gestapo at the Spedition Gustav Knauer, Berlin (circa November 1941) and transferred to the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR), Bellevuestrasse, Berlin.
Recovered by the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section from Schloss Kogl (Kogl no. 406) and transferred to the Munich Central Collection Point (19 March 1946, MCCP no. 21873⁄2).
Transferred to the Wiesbaden Central Collection Point (8 June 1949).
Restituted to Harry Fuld, Jr., London (26 February 1951).
(possibly) Galerie Nathan, Zurich.
Galerie Robert Norbert Ketterer, Lugano (by 1967).
Acquired by the present owner, circa 1970.
Harry Fuld, Berlin (by 1926).
Harry Fuld, Jr., Berlin (by descent from the above).
Confiscated from the above by the Gestapo at the Spedition Gustav Knauer, Berlin (circa November 1941) and transferred to the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR), Bellevuestrasse, Berlin.
Recovered by the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section from Schloss Kogl (Kogl no. 406) and transferred to the Munich Central Collection Point (19 March 1946, MCCP no. 21873⁄2).
Transferred to the Wiesbaden Central Collection Point (8 June 1949).
Restituted to Harry Fuld, Jr., London (26 February 1951).
(possibly) Galerie Nathan, Zurich.
Galerie Robert Norbert Ketterer, Lugano (by 1967).
Acquired by the present owner, circa 1970.
Literature
L. Coellen, "Lyonel Feininger" in Das Kunstblatt, no. 5, May 1919, p. 139 (illustrated; dated 1918).
C. Einstein, Die Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Berlin, 1926, pp. 140, 392 and 563 (illustrated; dated 1916-1918).
H. Hess, Lyonel Feininger, London, 1961, pp. 79 and 265, no. 181, pl. 6 (illustrated).
Galerie Robert Norbert Ketterer, ed., Moderne Kunst IV, Stuttgart, 1967, pp. 26-27, no. 15 (illustrated).
W.-D. Dube, Expressionism, London, 1972, pp. 172 and 175, fig. 134 (illustrated).
R. März, Lyonel Feininger, Berlin, 1981, pp. 22-23, no. 4 (illustrated).
H. Hess, Feininger, Cologne, 1990, pp. 78-79, fig. S.79 (illustrated).
W. Timm, ed., Lyonel Feininger: Erlebnis und Vision, die Reisen an die Ostsee 1892-1935, exh. cat., Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg, 1992, pp. 50 and 52 (illustrated).
F. Deuchler, Lyonel Feininger: Sein Weg zum Bauhaus-Meister, Leipzig, 1996, p. 198.
M. Moeller and R. Scotti, eds., Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik, Eine Ausstellung zum 60. Todestag, exh. cat., Brücke-Museum, Berlin, 1998, pp. 47, 283, 304-305 and 353, nos. 5 and 21 (illustrated).
H. Schulz-Vanselow, Lyonel Feininger und Pommern, Kiel, 1999, pp. 106, 237 and 353, no. 126 (illustrated).
A. Moeller, Lyonel Feininger: The Online Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (www.feiningerproject.org), no. 191 (illustrated; accessed October 2026).
C. Einstein, Die Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Berlin, 1926, pp. 140, 392 and 563 (illustrated; dated 1916-1918).
H. Hess, Lyonel Feininger, London, 1961, pp. 79 and 265, no. 181, pl. 6 (illustrated).
Galerie Robert Norbert Ketterer, ed., Moderne Kunst IV, Stuttgart, 1967, pp. 26-27, no. 15 (illustrated).
W.-D. Dube, Expressionism, London, 1972, pp. 172 and 175, fig. 134 (illustrated).
R. März, Lyonel Feininger, Berlin, 1981, pp. 22-23, no. 4 (illustrated).
H. Hess, Feininger, Cologne, 1990, pp. 78-79, fig. S.79 (illustrated).
W. Timm, ed., Lyonel Feininger: Erlebnis und Vision, die Reisen an die Ostsee 1892-1935, exh. cat., Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg, 1992, pp. 50 and 52 (illustrated).
F. Deuchler, Lyonel Feininger: Sein Weg zum Bauhaus-Meister, Leipzig, 1996, p. 198.
M. Moeller and R. Scotti, eds., Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik, Eine Ausstellung zum 60. Todestag, exh. cat., Brücke-Museum, Berlin, 1998, pp. 47, 283, 304-305 and 353, nos. 5 and 21 (illustrated).
H. Schulz-Vanselow, Lyonel Feininger und Pommern, Kiel, 1999, pp. 106, 237 and 353, no. 126 (illustrated).
A. Moeller, Lyonel Feininger: The Online Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (www.feiningerproject.org), no. 191 (illustrated; accessed October 2026).
Exhibited
Munich, Galerie Neue Kunst, Lyonel Feininger, October 1918, no. 34, pl. 8 (illustrated; dated 1918).
Hagen, Folkwang Museum, Lyonel Feininger, June 1919, no. 10344.
Dresden, Galerie Emil Richter, Lyonel Feininger: Sonder-Ausstellung seiner Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Holzschnitte, September 1919, no. 37 (dated 1918).
Hannover, Kestner Gesellschaft, Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger: Gemälde, Graphik, XXIX. Sonder-Ausstellung, November 1919-January 1920, no. 158 (dated 1918).
Hannover, Kestner Gesellschaft, Lyonel Feininger, January-March 1932, no. 158.
Hagen, Folkwang Museum, Lyonel Feininger, June 1919, no. 10344.
Dresden, Galerie Emil Richter, Lyonel Feininger: Sonder-Ausstellung seiner Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Holzschnitte, September 1919, no. 37 (dated 1918).
Hannover, Kestner Gesellschaft, Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger: Gemälde, Graphik, XXIX. Sonder-Ausstellung, November 1919-January 1920, no. 158 (dated 1918).
Hannover, Kestner Gesellschaft, Lyonel Feininger, January-March 1932, no. 158.
Further Details
Achim Moeller, Managing Principal of The Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York – Berlin has confirmed the authenticity of this work, which is registered under no. 1840-03-28-23.
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