Streets of Paris

Lyonel Feininger

Paris (Chimney Pots at Night)

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June 21, 06:27 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Lyonel Feininger

1871 - 1956

Paris (Chimney Pots at Night)

titled and dated le 2. août, 1906 (lower right)

3 ½ by 4 ¼ in.

9.1 by 11.2 cm.

brush and ink and crayon on paper

Executed in Paris on 2 August 1906.

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. 1856-06-07-23. A certificate of authenticity accompanies the work.

Julia Berg (née Lilienfeld; acquired as a gift from the artist)

Alois J. Schardt, Los Angeles

Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above)

Achim Moeller, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum; Paris, Achim Moeller Fine Art, Grand Palais, XVIe Biennale des Antiquaires and New York, Achim Moeller Fine Art, Feininger in Paris: Lyonel Feininger. Die Pariser Zeichnungen von 1892 bis 1911, 1992-1993, no. 17, pp. 31 & 92, illustrated

Paris, Galerie Lambert Rouland, Lyonel Feininger: Sous le ciel de Paris: Dessins 1892-1911 (in collaboration with Achim Moeller Fine Art, New York), 2000, no. 37

New York, Moeller Fine Art, Lyonel Feininger: The Early Years, 1890-1906, 2015, no. 44, pp. 68-69, illustrated in color

Madrid, Fundación Juan March, Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956), 2017, no. 73, pp. 196 & 398, illustrated in color

Paris (Chimney Pots at Night) was a gift from Feininger to his future wife, Julia Berg (née Lilienfeld). It is sold with an image of the envelope addressed to Julia in Weimar in which it was sent to her.