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Lyonel Feininger

Lot 123000522

Altes Stadttor Kammin in Pommern, 1925

Pencil drawing

7.7 x 6.5 in (19.5 x 16.5 cm)

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Lot 123000522

Altes Stadttor Kammin in Pommern, 1925

Pencil drawing

7.7 x 6.5 in (19.5 x 16.5 cm)

Estimate:

€ 3,000 - 4,000

Auction: -26 days

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich

Auction: Apr 15, 2024 03:15 PM

Auction number: 22

Auction name: Online Only

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Pencil drawing. Dated "5 9 23" in upper margin. Title "Kammin" in lower right nearly fully faded. 19.5 x 16.5 cm. , size of sheet.
Verso inscribed "Disegno di mio padre, Lyonel Feininger s.L.F." by a hand other than that of the artist.
- View of the gate of the town of Kammin (today Kamien Pomorski) in Pomerania. - In the past 39 years, only two other Feininger drawings of Kammin were offered on the international auctions market. - The spontaneously rendered townscapes are characteristic documents of Lyonel Feiniger's journeys through Thuringia, Mecklenburg and Pomerania.
LITERATURE: Sotheby's, December 4, 1975, lot 420 (here: "Kirche im Dorf", illustrated (the above mentioned inscription "Kammin" still visible).

Private collection Schleswig-Holstein

Overall discolored, somewhat stronger in the mount section. Slightly sunned. A small paper loss from a previous mounting in the upper right. Slight creasing in the lower right corner of the sheet. Remains of the former, completely faded inscription still visible with a magnifying glass. 2 holes in the upper margin, probably from the making.

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Private collection Schleswig-Holstein

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