Sale: 383 / Modern Art, Oct. 28. 2011 in Munich Lot 527

 
Lyonel Feininger - Vollersroda (Kirche in Vollersroda)


527
Lyonel Feininger
Vollersroda (Kirche in Vollersroda), 1919.
Woodcut
Estimate:
€ 8,000 / $ 8,560
Sold:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,700

(incl. surcharge)
Woodcut
Prasse W 188. Signed. On fine Japon. 25,5 x 30,2 cm (10 x 11,8 in)Sheet: 37,3 x 47,3 cm (14,6 x 18,6 in).
Vollersroda is the name of a Thuringian village near Weimar, Feininger did not only depict the local church in this energetic woodcut, but also in two paintings (cf. Hess 206 and 372). Copies of this print are in possession of, among others, the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. [JS].

PROVENANCE: John T. and Valere Butterwick, Kewanee, Illinois.




527
Lyonel Feininger
Vollersroda (Kirche in Vollersroda), 1919.
Woodcut
Estimate:
€ 8,000 / $ 8,560
Sold:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,700

(incl. surcharge)