Live Auction 2595Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
Lyonel Feininger (1871-1958)
Lot 170 Works from the Douglas S. Cramer Collection

Lyonel Feininger (1871-1958)

Sonnenuntergang II

Closed8 November 2012

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Lyonel Feininger (1871-1958)
Sonnenuntergang II
signed 'Feininger' (lower left), inscribed and dated 'montag d. 13. Sept. 1926' (lower right) and titled 'Sonnenuntergang II.' (lower center)
gouache, watercolor, pen and black ink and brush and wash on paper
12 3/8 x 19 in. (31.5 x 48.2 cm.)
Executed on 13 September 1926

F.W. Brass, Hagen.
Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt (Inv. No.906) (acquired from the above, 1927).
Confiscated by the Nationalist Socialists as 'entartete Kunst' 25th August 1937 (Inv. No.EK449).
Karl Buchholz, Berlin.
Nierendorf Gallery, New York (acquired from the above).
Ella Winter, London.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the above, 1962).
Private collection (acquired from the above, September 1969); sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 June 2002, lot 270.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

Achim Moeller has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

The work is registered in the archives of the Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York - Berlin with the no. 1172-09-14-12.