Germann Auctionhouse Zurich
Part I: Paintings, Works on Paper and Sculptures
Monday, 24 June 2024, 06:00 pm

Lyonel Feininger, Bauhaus Laternenfest

Lot 29

Lyonel Feininger, 1871-1956 (DE)

Bauhaus Laternenfest, 1922

Watercolour over lithograph on firm wove paper.
H 98 mm W 143 mm.

Signed in the lithographic stone, dated and titled: L. Feininger, Bauhaus Laternenfest, Mittwoch den 21. Juni 22.
Verso stamp: L. Hirschfeld-Mack, Ferny Creek. Vic., Australia. Inscribed with ballpoint: Lyonel Feininger, von ihm handkoloriert, 1922. Inscribed in pencil: 5.
Printer & Publisher: Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar.

Provenance:
Private Collection, Australia.

Exhibitions:
Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Two masters of the Weimar Bauhaus: Lyonel Feininger, Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack, July 4 - August 19, 1974;
Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, August 29 - October 6, 1974 (verso with label).

*CHF5'000 / 8'000
*EUR5'100 / 8'000
*USD5'400 / 8'700

Hammer Price: CHF 5'000