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Lyonel Feininger

Lot 252
Vorüberziehende Schauer, 1923
Watercolor

10.0 x 13.5 in (25.4 x 34.3 cm)

Lot 252
Vorüberziehende Schauer, 1923
Watercolor
10.0 x 13.5 in (25.4 x 34.3 cm)

Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
Auction: 14 days

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich
Auction: Dec 07, 2024
Auction number: 563
Auction name: Modern Art Day Sale

Lot Details
Watercolor over India ink drawing. Signed lower left, dated "19. April 1923" lower right as well as titled bottom center. On Japanese paper. 25.4 x 34.3 cm. , size of sheet.
[AR].
- An exceptionally subtly nuanced, dramatic seascape from Feininger's early Bauhaus period. - In the artist's characteristic prismatic-cubist style. - The Baltic Sea beaches were the main motif of his seascapes from the early 1920s. - Exhibited early on in a solo show at the Nationalgalerie Berlin. - Family-owned for more than 60 years.
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 1932-07-31-24. The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
LITERATURE: Willi Wolfradt, Lyonel Feininger, Junge Kunst, vol. 47, Leipzig 1924, ill. 30. Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Roman Norbert Ketterer, Stuttgart, May 3 and 4, 1962, 37th auction, lot 101 (illustrated on plate 181, with a label on the reverse of the frame).
Lyonel Feininger, Ausstellung zum 60. Geburtstag, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, September 19, 1931 - January 31, 1932, cat. no. 68, p. 26. Lyonel Feininger, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, January 28 - March 6, 1932, cat. no. 73
Julia Feininger, Dessau/Berlin/New York (gifted from the artist). Andreas Feininger, New York (gifted from the above, until 1962: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett). Private collection, Southern Germany. Ever since family-owned
In good condition. With a tiny marginal tear in the upper right, approx. 3 mm. Small, expertly restored spots in the margins and presumably two tiny spots in the image, all of which are only perceptible against the light. In an overall very good and harmonious condition.
Lot Details
Watercolor over India ink drawing. Signed lower left, dated "19. April 1923" lower right as well as titled bottom center. On Japanese paper. 25.4 x 34.3 cm. , size of sheet.
[AR].
- An exceptionally subtly nuanced, dramatic seascape from Feininger's early Bauhaus period. - In the artist's characteristic prismatic-cubist style. - The Baltic Sea beaches were the main motif of his seascapes from the early 1920s. - Exhibited early on in a solo show at the Nationalgalerie Berlin. - Family-owned for more than 60 years.
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 1932-07-31-24. The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
LITERATURE: Willi Wolfradt, Lyonel Feininger, Junge Kunst, vol. 47, Leipzig 1924, ill. 30. Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Roman Norbert Ketterer, Stuttgart, May 3 and 4, 1962, 37th auction, lot 101 (illustrated on plate 181, with a label on the reverse of the frame).
Lyonel Feininger, Ausstellung zum 60. Geburtstag, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, September 19, 1931 - January 31, 1932, cat. no. 68, p. 26. Lyonel Feininger, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, January 28 - March 6, 1932, cat. no. 73
Julia Feininger, Dessau/Berlin/New York (gifted from the artist). Andreas Feininger, New York (gifted from the above, until 1962: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett). Private collection, Southern Germany. Ever since family-owned
In good condition. With a tiny marginal tear in the upper right, approx. 3 mm. Small, expertly restored spots in the margins and presumably two tiny spots in the image, all of which are only perceptible against the light. In an overall very good and harmonious condition.

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