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Lyonel Feininger

1871 – New York – 1956

”Zwölf Holzschnitte”. 1921

Original-half vellum-covered portfolio with 12 woodcuts of 1918-1920 and title page, each on thin Japan paper, mounted in original mats. Portfolio: 40 × 33 cm (15 ¾ × 13 in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Lyonel Feininger. ”Zwölf Holzschnitte”. 1921.

Estimate:

EUR 35,000

 

- 45,000

USD 40,700

 

- 52,300

Sold for:

83,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn 2021

Selected Works, Thursday, 02.12.2021

Information

Original-half vellum-covered portfolio with 12 woodcuts of 1918-1920 and title page, each on thin Japan paper, mounted in original mats. Portfolio: 40 × 33 cm (15 ¾ × 13 in.). All sheets, title page and colophon signed. Catalogue raisonné: Prasse, Original-Graphiken in Sammelwerken und Büchern, 4b. One of 40 numbered portfolios from a total edition of 50 copies. Very rare as a complete portfolio. Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar 1921, with the Bauhaus-stamp.

The portfolio contains the following woodcuts: • Rainy day on the beach 1918 – Prasse W 39 • Volcano 1918 – Prasse W 65 • Locomotive on the bridge 1918 – Prasse W 81 • City with church in the sun 1918 – Prasse W 87 • Gelmeroda (with the fir tree) 1918 – Prasse W 89 • The Harbor (warship in the harbor entrance) 1918 – Prasse W 110 • In the offing 1919 – Prasse W 119 • War fleet, 1 1919 – Prasse W 150 • Anglers (with sun) 1919 – Prasse W 191 • Church in the woods, 2, 1920 – Prasse W 220 • Architecture 1920 – Prasse W 232 • Tahiti 1920 – Prasse W 235.

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