Live Auction 3737Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper Including Property from the John C. Whitehead Collection
Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956)
Lot 1157

Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956)

Sailing Ship under Cloud

Closed15 May 2015

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Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956)
Sailing Ship under Cloud
signed and dated 'Feininger 1948' (lower left)
watercolor and pen and black ink on paper
12 5/8 x 18 7/8 in. (32 x 48 cm.)
Executed in 1948

Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York.
(possibly) Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, circa 1950.

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. 1314-03-02-15.

According to Achim Moeller, this work is related to the oil painting Fenris Wolf (Hess, no. 535) from 1954, currently in a private collection.