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Lyonel Feininger - Watercolor
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Lyonel Feininger
Brief 4.12.1952 (2 Ghosties), 1952
Watercolor
Starting bid:
€ 5,400
Estimate:
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91
Lyonel Feininger
Brief 4.12.1952 (2 Ghosties), 1952
Watercolor
Starting bid:
€ 5,400
Estimate:
€ 6,000 - 8,000
End: 07-15-26 15:45:00 Berlin
07-15-26 09:45:00 New York
07-15-26 06:45:00 Los Angeles (29 days, 18h:47m)

Please enter your maximum bid, it will only be used to the extent necessary to beat the next best bid.
Bid plus 34 % buyer's premium (differential taxation without separate VAT statement, sales tax certificate upon request) and droit de suite charge without VAT.
Self pick-up: free of charge,
insured shipping:
within Germany 67,04 €,
within the EU countries 115,27 €,
outside the EU countries on request.


After entering your maximum bid you will be able to check your entry and you will be provided with further information. Only after a further confirmation your bid will be binding.


Lyonel Feininger
1871 - 1956
Brief 4.12.1952 (2 Ghosties). 1952.
Letter with Watercolor and India ink.
Typewritten letter dated December 4, 1952. On light-weight paper. Watercolor drawing approx.: 10 x 13 cm (3.9 x 5.1 in). Sheet: 27,5 x 21,5 cm (10,8 x 8,4 in).
Letter to Tekla Hess. [EH].
• Letter with “Ghostie” drawing.
• Papileo is Feininger’s nickname, used by his friends and family.
• Feinginer’s “Ghosties” were neither exhibited nor sold, but given away exclusively as gifts.
• Works by Lyonel Feinginer are held in numerous major international collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main; and the Sprengel Museum, Hanover.

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Southern Germany.

In good condition. The sheet of paper, which is the size of an envelope, is folded in thirds and has some slight creases from the handling. On the reverse side, along the right edge of the sheet, small traces of old mounting show through to the recto