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Provenance

Bucholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (on commission from the artist) Elaine and Otto L. Spaeth, New York (acquired by 1952 and until at least 1961) Private Collection, New York The Little Gallery, East Newark Kennedy Galleries, New York (acquired by 1969 and until at least 1977) Galerie Utermann, Dortmund Private Collection, Germany (acquired from the above in 1988) A gift from the above to the present owner in 1991

Exhibited

Utica, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute & Princeton, Princeton University Art Museum, Spaeth Collection. Paintings, Sculpture , 1952 New York, Kennedy Galleries, American Masters. Paintings, Watercolors, Pastels and Drawings from the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries , 1969 New York, Kennedy Galleries, A Selection of 20th Century American Masterpieces , 1973, no. 23, illustrated in colour in the catalogue New York, Kennedy Galleries, The City as a Source , 1977, no. 14, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Dortmund, Galerie Utermann, Lyonel Feininger. Ölbilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Holzschnitte , 1988, no. 6, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Lyonel Feininger. Von Gelmeroda nach Manhattan. Retrospektive der Gemälde , 1998, no. 127, illustrated in colour in the catalogue (titled Dead End [Stadtrand] ) Essen, Museum Folkwang, Bauhaus. Dessau, Chicago, New York , 2000, no. 126, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Hans Hess, Lyonel Feininger , Stuttgart, 1959, no. 504, illustrated p. 297 (titled Stadtrand [Dead End] ) Hans Hess, Lyonel Feininger , London, 1961, no. 504, illustrated p. 297 The Kennedy Quarterly , October 1969, vol. IX / no. 2, no. 108, illustrated p. 130 Gloria-Gilda Deák, Profiles of American Artists Represented by Kennedy Galleries, New York, 1981, illustrated p. 57 Gloria-Gilda Deák, Kennedy Galleries’ Profiles of American Artists , New York, 1984, no. 36, illustrated p. 262 Michael David Zellman, 300 Years of American Art, Secaucus, 1987, illustrated in colour p. 645 Ulrich Luckhardt, Lyonel Feininger , Munich, 1989, no. 57, illustrated in colour p. 163 John A. Garraty & Mark C. Carnes, 'Feininger, Lyonel Charles Adrian' in American National Biography , New York, 1999, vol. 7, pp. 794 Achim Moeller, Lyonel Feininger: The Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings , www.feiningerproject.org, no. 523, illustrated in colour Catalogue note Additional information for this entry was provided by Moeller Fine Art Projects | The Lyonel Feininger Project, New York – Berlin.

Catalog summary

The Spirit of Colour: Property from a Private Collection, Germany Lyonel Feininger 1871 - 1956 (Dead End)  signed Feininger and dated 51 (lower right); signed Lyonel Feininger and dated May 25, 1951 on the stretcher bar oil on canvas 43 by 61.2cm., 16⅞ by 24 1/8in. Framed: 44 by 62.5cm., 17⅜ by 24⅝in. Painted on 25th May 1951. 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. 1679-12-15-20. The work is included in Lyonel Feininger: The Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings by Achim Moeller under no. 523. Provenance Bucholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (on commission from the artist) Elaine and Otto L. Spaeth, New York (acquired by 1952 and until at least 1961) Private Collection, New York The Little Gallery, East Newark Kennedy Galleries, New York (acquired by 1969 and until at least 1977) Galerie Utermann, Dortmund Private Collection, Germany (acquired from the above in 1988) A gift from the above to the present owner in 1991 Exhibited Utica, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute & Princeton, Princeton University Art Museum, Spaeth Collection. Paintings, Sculpture , 1952 New York, Kennedy Galleries, American Masters. Paintings, Watercolors, Pastels and Drawings from the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries , 1969 New York, Kennedy Galleries, A Selection of 20th Century American Masterpieces , 1973, no. 23, illustrated in colour in the catalogue New York, Kennedy Galleries, The City as a Source , 1977, no. 14, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Dortmund, Galerie Utermann, Lyonel Feininger. Ölbilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Holzschnitte , 1988, no. 6, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Lyonel Feininger. Von Gelmeroda nach Manhattan. Retrospektive der Gemälde , 1998, no. 127, illustrated in colour in the catalogue (titled Dead End [Stadtrand] ) Essen, Museum Folkwang, Bauhaus. Dessau, Chicago, New York , 2000, no. 126, illustrated in the catalogue Literature Hans Hess, Lyonel Feininger , Stuttgart, 1959, no. 504, illustrated p. 297 (titled Stadtrand [Dead End] ) Hans Hess, Lyonel Feininger , London, 1961, no. 504, illustrated p. 297 The Kennedy Quarterly , October 1969, vol. IX / no. 2, no. 108, illustrated p. 130 Gloria-Gilda Deák, Profiles of American Artists Represented by Kennedy Galleries, New York, 1981, illustrated p. 57 Gloria-Gilda Deák, Kennedy Galleries’ Profiles of American Artists , New York, 1984, no. 36, illustrated p. 262 Michael David Zellman, 300 Years of American Art, Secaucus, 1987, illustrated in colour p. 645 Ulrich Luckhardt, Lyonel Feininger , Munich, 1989, no. 57, illustrated in colour p. 163 John A. Garraty & Mark C. Carnes, 'Feininger, Lyonel Charles Adrian' in American National Biography , New York, 1999, vol. 7, pp. 794 Achim Moeller, Lyonel Feininger: The Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings , www.feiningerproject.org, no. 523, illustrated in colour Catalogue note Additional information for this entry was provided by Moeller Fine Art Projects | The Lyonel Feininger Project, New York – Berlin.