LYONEL FEININGER | STREET SCENE (FEEDING SWANS)

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October 5, 05:28 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION

LYONEL FEININGER

1871 - 1956

STREET SCENE (FEEDING SWANS)

Colored crayon and pen and ink on paper

6¾ by 10⅛ in. (17.2 by 25.7 cm)

Framed: 11¼ by 15 in. (28.6 by 38.1 cm)

Executed in 1908.

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. 1662-08-18-20.

Alois J. Schardt, Halle, Berlin & Los Angeles (a gift from the artist)

Private Collection (by descent from the above)

Achim Moeller Fine Art Ltd., New York (acquired by 1990 and sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 14, 1992, lot 118)

Acquired at the above sale

New York, Achim Moeller Fine Art Ltd., Lyonel Feininger, Figurative Drawings 1908-1912, 1990, no. 31, illustrated in color in the catalogue