Live Auction 16721The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: Fine Art, Day Sale
Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956)
Lot 533 The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller

Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956)

Cape "Thistle"

Closed10 May 2018

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Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956)
Cape "Thistle"
signed 'Feininger' (lower left) and dated '16.viii.50.' (lower right); titled 'Cape "Thistle"' (on the reverse)
watercolor and pen and India ink over pencil on paper
9 3/8 x 11 ½ in. (23.9 x 31.7 cm.)
Executed on 16 August 1950

Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (by 1951).
Anon. sale, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, 20 May 1960, lot 121.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.

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. 1443-09-27-17.