Signed and inscribed with the work number “1854,” as well as bearing the stamp of the Feininger Estate, with the handwritten inscription “G.W. No. 162.”. On thin tissue paper. 12 x 12.6 cm. Sheet: 19 x 25 cm.
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• The artist’s most significant prints were created during his intensive creative years between 1918 and 1920, and his first woodcuts in 1918.
• Feininger taught himself the technique of woodcut and is considered one of the masters of this medium today.
• In the year of its creation, Feininger met Walter Gropius; a year later, he was appointed to teach at the Weimar Bauhaus.
• In the family’s possession for nearly 50 years.
LITERATURE: Leona E. Prasse, Lyonel Feininger. Das graphische Werk. Radierungen, Lithographien, Holzschnitte, Berlin/Cleveland 1972, CR no. W69 III (of III). - - Kunstblätter der Galerie Nierendorf. No. 40. Lyonel Feininger. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphiken, Berlin 1978, cat. no. 125 (illustration on p. 51).

Lyonel Feininger. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphiken, Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, April 10-June 20, 1978, cat. no. 125 (with ill. p. 51)

The artist’s estate. Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin (acquired in 1976). Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1978, in the family’s possession ever since)

In good condition. The pink tissue paper shows mount staining. Slight discoloration along the edges. Numerous very faint creases, particularly along the outer edges.