Title: Sailing Ships, Boats, and Figures on the Shore, 1950
Technique: Signed and Dated Watercolour, Pen and Ink Drawing on thin Wove Paper
Paper size: 27.1 x 31.2 cm. / 10.6 x 12.3 in.
Additional Information: This work is hand signed in ink by the artist “Feininger” in the lower left margin. It is also dated in black ink “ii.ix.50” [2nd September 1950] at the lower right corner. Provenance: Private New York Collection, Acquired directly from the artist. The work is accompanied by a photo-certificate from Achim Moeller and is included in the Lyonel Feininger Archives with the number 1864-08-15-23.
Condition: Good condition. The sheet is heavily but evenly toned. Remnants of adhesive tape, verso.
LYONEL FEININGER 1871-1956
New York 1871-1956 New York (American/German)
Title: Sketch for Mural: Marine Transportation Building, 1939 New York World’s Fair, 1938
Technique: Signed, Titled and Dated Watercolour, Pen and Ink Drawing on thin Cream Laid Paper
Paper size: 16.7 x 62.9 cm. / 6.6 x 24.8 in.
Additional Information: This work is hand signed in ink by the artist “Feininger” in the lower left image.
It is also dated in black ink “1938” next to the signature.
It is titled in pencil “Sketch for Mural: Marine Transportation. 1938” in the lower left margin.
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Marlborough Fine Art, London and New York
Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Cologne (acquired by 1980)
Sotheby’s, New York, 15 May 1985, lot 205 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection, Los Angeles (acquired from the above).
Barbara Grant Jaynes, the Former Mrs. Cary Grant
The work is accompanied by a photo-certificate from Achim Moeller and is included in the Lyonel Feininger Archives with the number 1877-10-16-23.
Hamburg, Levy Galerie, Lyonel Feininger: Bilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, 1978, no. 31, n.p., illustrated in colour.
Cologne, Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Lyonel Feininger, 1980, n.p., illustrated in colour
Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Lyonel Feininger, Gemälde, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik, 1982, no. 79, p. 150, illustrated.
New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, The Blue Four: Feininger, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, Paul Klee, 1984, no. 10, p. 22, illustrated in colour and p. 75.
Condition: Very good condition. The sheet is lightly time-stained, with very slight cockling. The edges are reduced on all sides. Artist’s pinholes in the corner have been repaired, and there is a tiny, repaired tear along the lower left edge. Very minor, unobtrusive foxmarks scattered across the sheet.
LYONEL FEININGER 1871-1956
New York 1871-1956 New York (American/German)
Title: New York, Architectural Composition I, 1940
Technique: Signed, Dated and Inscribed Oil Painting on Canvas
Size: 61.2 x 92 cm. / 24.1 x 36.2 in.
Additional Information: This oil painting is signed by the artist “Feininger” in the lower right corner. It was executed in 1940. It is also inscribed ‘Lyonel Feininger 1940 Architectural Composition I New York’ on the stretcher.
Provenance: The estate of the artist, New York. Julia Feininger, New York Marlborough Fine Art, London & New York. Connaught Brown, London Private collection, London, by whom acquired from the above in 2005.
The work is included in the Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings Online with the number 417.
Condition: Very good condition. Skilfully repaired holes in the upper left composition and the centre right composition, only visible under UV light.
LYONEL FEININGER 1871-1956 1871 – New York – 1956 (American/German) Title: On the Quay Wall | Auf der Quaimauer, 1921 Technique: Original Hand Signed Woodcut on Wove Paper Paper size: 40.5 x 31 cm. / 15.9 x 12.2 in. Image size: 16.5 x 22 cm. / 6.5 x 8.7 in. Additional Information: This original woodcut is hand signed in pencil “Lyonel Feininger” at the lower left margin. It was published by Euphorion Verlag, Berlin in 1921/22 in a limited edition of 125 of which only 100 were printed on wove paper as ours. It was included in the album Die Schaffenden [The Creators] vol. 4, no. 1, and the blind stamp of the publisher can be seen at the lower right corner. Note: The founding of the Künstlergruppe Brücke and the birth of Expressionism also marked the beginning of a ‘print revival’ in Germany. After the predominantly reproductive or illustrative print production of the 19th century, prints and in particular woodcuts began to be seen as a powerful and important medium of artistic expression. In order to disseminate and promote this revived print production, artists and artists’ collectives began to issue portfolios, and gallerists and critics, such as Herwarth Walden (1879-1941) and Paul Westheim (1886-1963), published magazines and journals which included original prints. While some were very short-lived, Paul Westheim’s publication Die Schaffenden, ran from 1918-32 with four issues per year. Each issue consisted of a portfolio containing ten original prints, mostly but not exclusively by German artists, including some of the leading figures of the German avant-garde, such as the Brücke-artists Heckel, Pechstein and Schmidt-Rottluff, and satirists such as George Grosz, as well as lesser-known artists of the time. No other periodical came to showcase and represent the artistic life of the inter-war years to a similar degree. Literature: Prasse, L.E. (1972). Lyonel Feininger: A Definitive Catalogue of his Graphic Work: Etchings, Lithographs, Woodcuts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972. Reference: Prasse W. 243
LYONEL FEININGER 1871-1956
1871 – New York – 1956 (American/German)
Title: Vessels in the Baltic Sea | Fahrzeuge in der Ostsee, 1918
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Woodcut on Wove Paper
Paper size: 40 x 49.5 cm. / 15.7 x 19.5 in.
Image size: 33.7 x 42.7 cm. / 13.7 x 16.8 in.
Additional Information: This original woodcut is hand signed in pencil “Lyonel Feininger” at the lower left margin.
It is also titled in pencil “Fahrzeuge in der Ostsee” by the artist, at the lower right margin.
Our impression is the second state (of two) and is one of a small number of impressions printed by the artist; it was not published in a standard edition.
The paper bears the estate stamp of the artist, verso.
Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Literature: Prasse, L.E. (1972). Lyonel Feininger: A Definitive Catalogue of his Graphic Work: Etchings, Lithographs, Woodcuts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.
Reference: Prasse W. 95
Condition: Handling creases in all margins. The sheet is toned. A tear in the lower right margin through the title of the artwork. Minor nicks along the upper and lower sheet edges.
LYONEL FEININGER 1871-1956
1871 – New York – 1956 (American/German)
Title: Steamboat Odin | Dampfer Odin, 1918
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Woodcut on Laid Japan Paper
Paper size: 19 x 25.8 cm. / 7.5 x 10.2 in.
Image size: 10.2 x 13.8 cm. / 4 x 5.4 in.
Additional Information: This original woodcut is hand signed in pencil “Lyonel Feininger” at the lower left margin.
It is also inscribed with the work number by the artist “1815” in the lower centre of the sheet.
Our impression is one of a small number of proofs printed by the artist and not published in a standard edition.
Note:
Other impressions of this work can be found in the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, Museum der Stadt, Rostock and Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Weimar.
Literature: Prasse, L.E. (1972). Lyonel Feininger: A Definitive Catalogue of his Graphic Work: Etchings, Lithographs, Woodcuts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.
Reference: Prasse W. 19
Condition: Excellent condition. The handmade Japan paper with nicks to the left and right sheet edges, likely originating in the paper production.
LYONEL FEININGER 1871-1956
New York 1871-1956 New York (American/German)
Title: Three Figures with Umbrellas, ca. 1954
Technique: Signed Pen Brush and Ink Drawing with Watercolour on Paper
Paper size: 10.2 x 16 cm. / 4 x 6.3 in.
Additional Information: This work is hand signed in ink by the artist “Feininger” at the upper right corner.
Provenance:
The Collection of Peter Kamnitzer.
Peter Kamnitzer (1922-2016) was a renowned and respected violist. He was a graduate of the Juilliard School, New York and a longstanding and member of “La Salle Quartet”, where he was a violist for 40 years. “La Salle Quartet” was established in New York City by Jewish refugees from Europe and was well known for their recordings of Beethoven, Schoenberg, Zemlinsky, Berg and Webern, which were available on Deutsche Grammophon. Kamnitzer’s favorued instrument was the “Medici” viola made by Girolamo Amati and which had for many years been considered to have been created by Stradivarius – but subsequently was discovered to be an Amati which was worked on by Stradivarius.
He was trained as a violinmaker and throughout his life made many instruments as well as repaired countless others. The talented musician also held teaching positions with the Colorado College and Cincinnati College conservatory.
The artist Lyonel Feininger was related to Kamnitzer’s mother and this work was acquired directly from the artist.
The work is included in the Lyonel Feininger Archives with the number 1809-10-06-22.
Condition: Good condition. Tipped to the backing board along the sheet edges, verso.
LYONEL FEININGER 1871-1956
New York 1871-1956 New York (American/German)
Title: Backyard in Weimar | Hinterhof in Oder um Weimar, 1906
Technique: Original Dated Pencil Drawing on Paper
Paper size: 10 x 15.5 cm. / 3.9 x 6 in.
Additional Information: This work is hand dated in pencil ” 29 Apr 06″ [29 April 1906] at the lower right corner.
Provenance:
Artist’s estate.
Achim Moeller, Berlin and New York
Private Collection, Switzerland.
This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity by Achim Moeller of the Lyonel Feininger Project LLC.
The work will be included in the Lyonel Feininger Archives with the number 1162-09-10-12.
Condition: In excellent condition. Pin holes in the upper corners.
LYONEL FEININGER 1871-1956
New York 1871-1956 New York (American/German)
Title: Street in Weimar | Strasse in Oder um Weimar, 1906
Technique: Original Pencil Drawing on Paper
Paper size: 9.9 x 15.4 cm. / 3.9 x 6.1 in.
Additional Information: This work is hand dated in pencil “Sonnt 29 Apr 06” [Sonntag (Sunday) 29 April 1906] at the lower right corner.
Provenance:
Artist’s estate.
Achim Moeller, Berlin and New York
Private Collection, Switzerland.
This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity by Achim Moeller of the Lyonel Feininger Project LLC.
The work will be included in the Lyonel Feininger Archives with the number 1161-09-10-12.
Condition: In excellent condition. Pin holes in the upper corners.