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Lyonel Feininger
(German/American, 1871-1956)
Niedergrunstedt

24 June 2015, 17:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956)

Niedergrunstedt
inscribed and dated 'Frei I VIII 13' (upper right)
pencil on paper
16.2 x 20.2cm (6 3/8 x 7 15/16in).
Executed on 1 August 1913

Footnotes

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. 1330-04-17-15.

Provenance
Alois J. Schardt, Berlin - Pomona.
Private collection, New York.

A frequent destination for Lyonel Feininger during his stay in Weimar in 1913 was the village of Niedergrunstedt, located five kilometres southwest of the city centre. On August 1, 1913 he rendered the region's characteristic half-timbered barns and pointed roofs in the present drawing. This work reveals Feininger's ability to capture the dramatic qualities of an ostensibly small town motif, which he would further explore in the charcoal composition Nieder-Grunstedt VII, 1915, and in later paintings like Scheunen bei Nacht (Barns at Night), 1930 (Hess 325).

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