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Collect: American and European Art
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- Sale 6385
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Dec 9 | 10:00 AM EST
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| Philadelphia
Sale 6385
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
Estimate$5,000 – $7,000
The painting is registered in the online catalogue raisonné of T. Lux Feininger's artworks.
Provenance:
Private American Collection, acquired from the 1933 Carnegie International Exhibition of Paintings
Thence by descent to the present owner
Exhibited:
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Art Museum, Thirty-First Carnegie International Exhibition of Paintings, October 19 - December 10, 1933, no. 344
Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, European Section of the Thirty-First Carnegie International Exhibition of Paintings, March - April, 1934
Literature:
Paul Reißert, "A Painter of the Seas," Ein Maler des Meeres, Deutsche Arbeit, 35th year, issue 5, May 1935, as gravure supplement
Theodor Lux Feininger, Two Worlds. My Life as an Artist Between the Bauhaus and America, 2011, p. 119
Framed: 20 1/2 x 36 1/4 in.
Minor deposits of surface dirt and dust; canvas is unlined; faint craquelures throughout the surface, primarily only visible under strong light; one pinpoint spot of inpainting in the center of the sky. Under UV light: the aforementioned spot fluoresces; a few minor instances of inpainting in the upper right corner and center right edge, as well as in the upper left corner. Additional images available upon request.
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