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Lyonel Feininger
(1871-1956)
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Impressionist and Modern Art

2 March 2017, 17:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

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Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956)

Becalmed
signed 'Feininger' (lower left), inscribed 'Becalmed' (lower centre) and dated '25. viii. 43' (lower right)
watercolour, pen and ink on paper
31.4 x 47.8cm (12 3/8 x 18 13/16in).
Executed on 25 August 1943

Footnotes

Achim Moeller, Managing Principal of the Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York - Berlin has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Provenance
Otto Gerson Collection, New York.
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston Collection, Michigan (acquired from the above in the 1940s).
Lydia Winston Malbin Collection, New York; her sale, Sotheby's, New York, 4 May 2006, lot 376.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Exhibited
Michigan, Museum of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston Collection, 8 - 25 November 1951, no. 6 (titled 'Boats').
Michigan, University of Michigan Museum of Art, 20th Century Painting and Sculpture from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Winston, 30 October - 27 November 1955, no. 19 (titled 'Boats').
Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Collecting Modern Art. Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston, 27 September - 3 November 1957, no. 40 (later travelled to Richmond, San Francisco, Milwaukee & Minneapolis; titled 'Boats').
Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, American Paintings and Drawings from Michigan Collections, 10 April - 6 May 1962, no. 127 (titled 'Boats').

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