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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
LYONEL FEININGER (1871-1956)
Freighters
Details
LYONEL FEININGER (1871-1956)
Freighters
signed, dated and inscribed 'Feininger Curt v. Lyonel 12. IV '44' (lower left); dated and inscribed again '29. viii. 43 "Freighters"' (lower right)
watercolour and pen and India ink on paper
12 ½ x 18 7⁄8 in. (31.7 x 47.9 cm.)
Executed on 29 August 1943
Freighters
signed, dated and inscribed 'Feininger Curt v. Lyonel 12. IV '44' (lower left); dated and inscribed again '29. viii. 43 "Freighters"' (lower right)
watercolour and pen and India ink on paper
12 ½ x 18 7⁄8 in. (31.7 x 47.9 cm.)
Executed on 29 August 1943
Provenance
Curt Valentin, New York, a gift from the artist on 12 April 1944.
Gertrude Bernoudy, St Louis, by whom probably acquired from the above; sale, Christie's, New York, 10 November 1994, lot 419.
Leslie Sacks, Los Angeles; sale, Sotheby's, London, 8 February 2006, lot 212.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Gertrude Bernoudy, St Louis, by whom probably acquired from the above; sale, Christie's, New York, 10 November 1994, lot 419.
Leslie Sacks, Los Angeles; sale, Sotheby's, London, 8 February 2006, lot 212.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Lyonel Feininger - La ville et la mer, exh. cat., Musée Jenisch, Vevey, 2021, no. 56, pp. 89 & 103 (illustrated p. 89).
Exhibited
Dusseldorf, Beck & Eggeling, Feininger und das Meer: Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, April - May 2001, no. 40, n.p. (illustrated; titled 'Drei qualmende Frachter').
Halle, Stiftung Moritzburg Kunstmuseum des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Lyonel Feininger: Zurück in Amerika, 1937-1956, May - August 2009, no. 59, pp. 60 & 224 (illustrated p. 60).
Madrid, Fundación Juan March, Lyonel Feininger, February - May 2017, no. 351, pp. 287 & 404 (illustrated p. 287).
Halle, Stiftung Moritzburg Kunstmuseum des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Lyonel Feininger: Zurück in Amerika, 1937-1956, May - August 2009, no. 59, pp. 60 & 224 (illustrated p. 60).
Madrid, Fundación Juan March, Lyonel Feininger, February - May 2017, no. 351, pp. 287 & 404 (illustrated p. 287).
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. 2037-02-06-26. A certificate of authenticity accompanies the work. Additional information was provided by Achim Moeller, The Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York – Berlin.
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