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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 29, 2023 | Karl & Faber | Munich | Modern Art | Evening Sale | 650N | Estimates not disclosed | “Ballstedt” |
Works on Paper
31.5 x 42 cm (12.4 x 16.54 in)
Watercolour and Indian ink on thin machine made laid paper
Signed lower left, dated “27 7 25” lower right and titled lower centre
Heinz Berggruen, Paris, until 1980;
Serge Sabarsky Collection (1912-1996), New York;
Estate of Serge Sabarsky, New York, since 1996;
Vally Sabarsky Collection (1902-2002), New York;
Vally Sabarsky Foundation, New York, since 2002.
Feininger, huiles, aquarelles & dessins, présentés par William S. Lieberman, Galerie Heinz Berggruen, Paris 1974, Kat.-Nr. 24;
Lyonel Feininger, Drawings and Watercolors, Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York 1974, Kat.-Nr. 5;
Lyonel Feininger. Bilder - Aquarelle - Zeichnungen, Galerie Levy, Hamburg 1978, Kat.-Nr. 13;
Lyonel Feininger: Drawings and Watercolors, Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York 1979, Kat.-Nr. 22;
Expressionisten 2. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Ölbilder, Galerie Ilse Schweinsteiger, München 1982, Kat.-Nr. 17;
German Expressionists, Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York 1986, Kat.-Nr. 3;
Lyonel Feininger: Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Kulturhaus der Stadt Graz, Graz u.a. 1991/92, Kat.-Nr. 25 bzw. Kat.-Nr. 24;
Lyonel Feininger: Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Grafiken, Abguss-Sammlung antiker Plastik, Berlin 1993, ohne Kat.-Nr.;
Lyonel Feininger: Œuvres sur papier, Musée-Galerie de la Seita, Paris 1994, ohne Kat.-Nr.;
Lyonel Feininger: Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Grafiken und Gemälde, Herforder Kunstverein im Daniel-Pöppelmann-Haus, Herford 1994, ohne Kat.-Nr.;
Lyonel Feininger: Akvarely, kresby, grafiky, Egon Schiele Art Centrum, Český Krumlov u.a. 1996, ohne Kat.-Nr.;
Feininger im Weimarer Land, Kunsthaus Apolda Avantgarde, Apolda 1999, Kat.-Nr. 95;
Drawing the Line, Galerie St. Etienne, New York 2018, Kat.-Nr. 15.
Lyonel Feininger
1871 - New York - 1956
“Ballstedt”
Watercolour and Indian ink on thin machine made laid paper. (19) 25. Ca. 31.5 x 42 cm. Signed lower left, dated “27 7 25” lower right and titled lower centre.
• Ballstedt is a small village in Weimar
• Feiniger first discovered the charming motifs from the area around Weimar in 1906, and he returned to them throughout his career
• The individual elements of the image, the figures and architecture, are broken as if in a prism and become highly abstract
Achim Moeller, director of the Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York - Berlin, has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work. The piece is recorded in the archive of the Lyonel Feininger Project under the number “1851-05-08-23”. Certificate enclosed.
