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487
Lyonel Feininger
Entering Swinemünde, 1932.
Watercolor and pen and ink drawing
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600 Sold:
€ 104,140 / $ 112,471 (incl. surcharge)
Entering Swinemünde. 1932.
Watercolor and pen and ink drawing.
Lower left signed, lower right dated and titled in bottom center. On laid paper. 24.5 x 28.5 cm (9.6 x 11.2 in), size of sheet.
[AR].
• A seascape in rarely seen vibrant colors with the characteristic, subtle ink lines.
• Feininger had a great passion for this subject: ships, the sea, clouds and figures are combined in varying constellations to create ever new pictorial compositions.
• From the last year of the Dessau Bauhaus, which the National Socialist local council decided to close in September 1932.
• For the first time offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
Achim Moeller, director of the Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York - Berlin, has confirmed the authenticity of this work, which is registered in the archive of the Lyonel Feininger Project under the number 1923-05-03-24. The work comes with a certificate.
Additional information was provided by Achim Moeller, The Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York - Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Thomas, Munich.
Private collection Düsseldorf (acquired from the above).
Private collection Northern Germany.
Watercolor and pen and ink drawing.
Lower left signed, lower right dated and titled in bottom center. On laid paper. 24.5 x 28.5 cm (9.6 x 11.2 in), size of sheet.
[AR].
• A seascape in rarely seen vibrant colors with the characteristic, subtle ink lines.
• Feininger had a great passion for this subject: ships, the sea, clouds and figures are combined in varying constellations to create ever new pictorial compositions.
• From the last year of the Dessau Bauhaus, which the National Socialist local council decided to close in September 1932.
• For the first time offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
Achim Moeller, director of the Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York - Berlin, has confirmed the authenticity of this work, which is registered in the archive of the Lyonel Feininger Project under the number 1923-05-03-24. The work comes with a certificate.
Additional information was provided by Achim Moeller, The Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York - Berlin.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Thomas, Munich.
Private collection Düsseldorf (acquired from the above).
Private collection Northern Germany.
487
Lyonel Feininger
Entering Swinemünde, 1932.
Watercolor and pen and ink drawing
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600 Sold:
€ 104,140 / $ 112,471 (incl. surcharge)
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