Auction 289: Modern Art | 5 June 2019
Lyonel Feininger

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Auction 289
Lot 628N
Lyonel Feininger
1871 – New York – 1956
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Stencil print with watercolours on paper, coated on cardboard. (C. 1934). C. 6.4 x 18 cm (cardboard c. 7 x 18.5 cm). Signed lower left, dedicated at right margin “Ein Lese=zeichen für Julia von P’leo”. There are two more copies known, but they are neither signed nor dedicated. Julia was the wife of the artist. P’leo is short for Papileo (Papa Lyonel), the family nickname of the artist.
Achim Moeller, director of the Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York – Berlin, confirms the authenticity of this work which is registered in the Lyonel Feininger Project’s archive under the number 1500-08-21-18. The work is accompanied by a photo certificate dated 21.8.2018.

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Achim Moeller, Direktor des Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York – Berlin, hat die Echtheit dieses Werkes, das im Archiv des Lyonel Feininger Project unter der Nummer 1500-08-21-18 registriert ist, bestätigt. Mit einer Fotoexpertise vom 21.8.2018.
Provenienz:
Nachlass Theodore Lux Feininger (1910-2011), dem jüngsten Sohn des Künstlers; Grogan & Company, Boston/USA 3.6.2018, Los 137; Sammlung, New York.

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Es sind noch zwei weitere Exemplare bekannt, die jedoch weder signiert noch gewidmet sind. Gewidmet an Julia, die Frau des Künstlers. P’leo ist die Abkürzung für Papileo (Papa Lyonel), dem in der Familie gebrauchten Kosenamen des Künstlers. – Schwach unregelmäßig gebräunt, an den Rändern mit kleinen Läsuren und Knickspuren, durch Kaschierung geglättet und geschlossen, insgesamt in guter und farbfrischer Erhaltung.

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Modern Art

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