Lot 80
  • 80

Lyonel Feininger

Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Lyonel Feininger
  • Drawing for a Mural at the Marine Transportation Building at the New York World's Fair 1939/40
  • Signed Feininger and dated 1938 (lower left); inscribed to "TOM" from "Lyonel" 26 April 1949 (lower right)
  • Pencil on paper
  • 5 7/8 by 24 1/2 in.
  • 15 by 62.2 cm
  • Executed in 1938.

Provenance

Private Collection, New York

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Lyonel Feininger, December 1954 - January 1955, no. 60b

Condition

Recto, in overall good condition, adhered to backing board by white archival tape at numerous spots. Minor buckling to paper from adhesive tension, slightly dirty and discoloration of paper, particularly at edges. A few pindots of foxing near lower edge. Verso: not visible.
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