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Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956)
Windmill , 1936 (Executed)
Lot #481 |
2015-02-05 |
Christie's, London
Impressionist/Modern Day Sale
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
GBP 150,000 - 200,000 (currency of sale)
USD 229,350 - 305,800 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Christie's
Auction number: 10336
Auction name: Impressionist/Modern Day Sale
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2015-02-05
End date: 2015-02-05
Currency: GBP
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 20th Century American Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 19 1/4 x 29 3/4 in. (48.8 x 75.7 cm.)
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
48.8
Width In Centimeters:
75.7
Height In Inches:
19.25
Width In Inches:
29.75
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Year notes: Executed in 1936.
Provenance
Provenance<br> <br> <br> <br> The artist's estate, at least until 1961.<br> <br> Willard Gallery, New York.<br> <br> Marlborough Gallery, New York.<br> <br> Private collection, Germany.<br> <br> Galerie Lopes, Zurich (no. GLK 5425).<br> <br> Probably acquired from the above by the present owner.
Exhibited
Exhibited<br> <br> <br> <br> Oakland, Mills College Art Gallery,<br> <br> Lyonel Feininger,<br> <br> June – August 1936, no. 2; this exhibition later travelled to San Francisco, Museum of Art, War Memorial, Civic Center, August – September 1936, Seattle, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, October 1936, and New York, Nierendorf Gallery, May 1937.<br> <br> Santa Barbara, Faulkner Memorial Art Gallery,<br> <br> Lyonel Feininger<br> <br> ,<br> <br> Exhibition of Oil and Watercolor Paintings and Prints<br> <br> , January 1937, no. 17.<br> <br> New York, Mrs. Cornelius J. Sullivan Gallery,<br> <br> Lyonel Feininger, Exhibition of Paintings and Watercolors from 1919 to 1938,<br> <br> November 1938, no. 12; this exhibition later travelled to Milwaukee, Art Institute, n/a, Baton Rouge, Department of Fine Arts, Louisiana State University, January 1939, Berea, Berea Art College, n/a.<br> <br> Munich, Haus der Kunst,<br> <br> Lyonel Feininger,<br> <br> March - May 1973, no. 141, p. 88 (illustrated p. 153); this exhibition later travelled to Zurich, Kunsthaus, May - July 1973.
Literature
Literature<br> <br> <br> <br> H. Hess,<br> <br> Lyonel Feininger,<br> <br> London, 1961, no. 377, p. 284 (illustrated).<br> <br> H. Schulz-Vanselow,<br> <br> Lyonel Feininger und Pommern<br> <br> , Kiel, 1999, p. 286 (titled<br> <br> Landschaft mit blauer M<br> <br> <br> ü<br> <br> <br> hle).<br> <br> <br> W. Timm, “Feininger an der Ostseeküste” in<br> <br> Lyonel Feininger, Von Gelmeroda nach Manhattan, Retrospektive der Gemälde<br> <br> <br> ,<br> <br> ed. by R, Berlin, 1998, p. 303.
Catalog summary
Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956) Windmill signed 'Feininger' (lower right); inscribed 'Lyonel Feininger,1936 "Windmill"' (on the stretcher) oil on canvas 19 1/4 x 29 3/4 in. (48.8 x 75.7 cm.) Painted in 1936