LYONEL FEININGER | VILLAGE

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October 5, 05:28 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION

LYONEL FEININGER

1871 - 1956

VILLAGE

Dated Mon Aug.23 09 (lower center)

Colored crayon on paper

3⅞ by 6¼ in. (118.1 by 190.5 cm)

Framed: 10½ by 12⅞ in. (26.7 by 32.7 cm)

Executed on August 23, 1909.

Achim Moeller, Managing Principal of The Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York—Berlin has confirmed the authenticity of this work, which is registered under no. 1661-08-18-20.

Alois J. Schardt, Halle, Berlin & Los Angeles (a gift from the artist)

Private Collection (by descent from the above)

Achim Moeller Fine Art Ltd., New York (acquired by 1990 and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 14, 1992, lot 119)

Acquired at the above sale

Feininger created the present work during the summer of 1909, while on vacation on the island of Usedom in the Baltic Sea.