Lyonel Feininger (1871-1958)

Dieppe II, Steile Strasse

Details

Lyonel Feininger (1871-1958)
Dieppe II, Steile Strasse
signed and dated 'Feininger 1934' (lower left) and titled 'Dieppe II Steile Strasse' (lower center)
charcoal on paper
Image size: 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (25.1 x 20 cm.)
Sheet size: 12 x 9¼ in. (30.5 x 23.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1934

Provenance

Estate of the artist.
William Slattery Lieberman, Paris.
Berggruen & Cie., Paris (by 1974).
Private collection, London.
Joseph Wolpe Fine Art, Cape Town.
Private collection, Australia (acquired from the above); sale, Sotheby's, London, 6 February 2007, lot 205.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Exhibited

Paris, Berggruen & Cie., Feininger, huiles, aquarelles & dessins, May 1974, no. 53 (illustrated).

Lot Essay

Achim Moeller has confirmed the authenticity of this drawing.

Mr. William Slattery Lieberman, an early owner of the present lot, was the first director of the Department of Drawings at the Museum of Modern Art and later Chairman of the 20th Century Art Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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