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Lyonel Feininger

1871 – New York – 1956

Sunset, Yellow Sky and Sea. 1951

Watercolour and pen and India ink over chalk on Montgolfier laid paper. 31,7 × 47,8 cm (12 ½ × 18 ⅞ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Lyonel Feininger. Sunset, Yellow Sky and Sea. 1951.

Estimate:

EUR 30,000

 

- 40,000

USD 34,500

 

- 46,000

Sold for:

37,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions November/December 2018

Modern Art, Friday, 30.11.2018

Information

Watercolour and pen and India ink over chalk on Montgolfier laid paper. 31,7 × 47,8 cm (12 ½ × 18 ⅞ in.). Signed and inscribed with a dedication to the wife of the artist lower left: Feininger X L.F. Happy Birthday Julia Dear! 23. XI. 51. Dated lower right: 8. VII. 51. Dated lower right: 8. VII. 51. Catalogue raisonné: The watercolour will be included in the catalogue raisonné of the drawings and watercolours of Lyonel Feininger by Achim Moeller and Sebastian Ehlert (in preparation). The work is recorded in the archive of the Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York, as number 1445-09-27-17. Framed

Julia Feininger, New York / Andreas Feininger, New York / formerly Private Collection (by descent)

Lyonel Feininger: Watercolors from the Collection of Mrs. Julia Feininger. New York, Willard Gallery, 1960, cat. no. 32 / Lyonel Feininger: 20 Watercolors. Lancaster, Charles Demuth Museum, Demuth Foundation, 2003 / Watercolors by Lyonel Feininger. University Park, The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State University; Ithaca, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2006

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