As of May 15, 2024

Lyonel Feininger

Lot 487
Entering Swinemünde, 1932
Watercolor

9.6 x 11.2 in (24.5 x 28.5 cm)

Lot 487
Entering Swinemünde, 1932
Watercolor
9.6 x 11.2 in (24.5 x 28.5 cm)

Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
Auction: 6 days

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich
Auction: Jun 08, 2024
Auction number: 554
Auction name: Modern Art Day Sale

Lot Details
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. , 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.
Galerie Thomas, Munich. Private collection Düsseldorf (acquired from the above). Private collection Northern Germany
In good condition. Overall slightly browned and with small marginal tears, some professionally backed, not impairing the overall impression. Small pinholes in the right and left margins. Isolated tiny foxed spots.
Lot Details
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. , 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.
Galerie Thomas, Munich. Private collection Düsseldorf (acquired from the above). Private collection Northern Germany
In good condition. Overall slightly browned and with small marginal tears, some professionally backed, not impairing the overall impression. Small pinholes in the right and left margins. Isolated tiny foxed spots.

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