Coast of Illusions

细节

Lyonel Feininger (1871-1958)
Coast of Illusions
signed and dated 'Feininger/·1950' (lower left)--signed again and inscribed with title and 'To Mr. Andrei Hudiakoff, cordially dedicated' (on the reverse)
watercolor and ink on paper
10¼ x 15½ in. (26 x 39.3 cm.)

来源

The artist.
Andrei Hudiakoff, New York, gift from the above.
Sotheby's, New York, 15 December 1983, lot 229.
Private collection, acquired from the above.
Sotheby's, London, 27 June 1984, lot 375.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

荣誉呈献

Liz Sterling

esterling@christies.com Tel: +1 212 636 2140

拍品专文

In 1950, the industrial designer, Henry Dreyfus commissioned Lyonel Feininger to design a 42-foot mural for the first class dining room on the American Export Lines steamer U.S.S. Constitution. Coast of Illusions was executed as part of the project and given by the artist to Andrei Hudiakoff, the stage designer who was the technical expert for this project.

Achim Moeller confirmed the authenticity of this work. The work will be registered in the archives of The Lyonel Feininger Project, New York - Berlin with the no. 1205-04-12-13.