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Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956)
Lot 281 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTION

Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956)

Fracht - Dampfer

Closed1 March 2017

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GBP 17,500

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Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956)
Fracht - Dampfer
signed 'Feininger' (lower left), titled 'Fracht = Dampfer' (lower centre) and dated '5 7 28' (lower right)
watercolour, pen and ink on paper
11 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (28.8 x 46.6 cm.)
Executed in West Deep on the Baltic Coast on 5 July 1928

The artist's estate (no. A 178).
Julie Feininger, New York, by descent from the above, and thence by descent to her estate.
Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London, by whom acquired from the above on 30 September 1971.
Private collection, Switzerland, by whom acquired from the above in June 1982, and thence by descent.

Specialist note

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. 1405-11-14-16.


Fracht - Dampfer was executed by Feininger during his stay at West Deep, on the Baltic Coast, where he summered every year between 1924 and 1935. Feininger enjoyed the sublime sensation of space, light and colour this dramatic coastal landscape provided, and completed a number of works on the subject during this period.