Lot 172
  • 172

Lyonel Feininger

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Lyonel Feininger
  • ABENDWOLKE (EVENING CLOUD)
  • signed Feininger (lower left), titled (lower centre) and dated 19.8.29 (lower right)
  • pen and ink on paper
  • 31.2 by 47cm., 12 1/4 by 18 1/2 in.

Provenance

Marlborough Fine Art, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Executed on cream laid paper not laid down, floating in the mount hinged at all four corners, with a watermark, inherent to the sheet, running down the left edge. There is a 3cm. tear to the centre of the top edge and intermittent tears and nicks to the top and left edges. There is mottled time-staining throughout, visible in the illustration. This work could be conserved to a higher standard. Colours: Overall accurate though the paper tone is deeper in the orignial.
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