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Lyonel Feininger
What's the Big Idea?
Found at
Bonhams,
New York
Impressionist & Modern Art, Lot 27
16. May - 16. May 2024
Impressionist & Modern Art, Lot 27
16. May - 16. May 2024
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
LYONEL FEININGER (1871-1956)
What's the Big Idea?
signed and dated 'Feininger 1954' (lower left) and inscribed 'What's the Big Idea?' (lower center)
watercolor and pen and India ink on paper
3 5/8 x 6 9/16 in (9.2 x 16.6 cm)
Executed in 1954
T. Lux Feininger Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts (the artist's son). | Thence by descent to the previous owner; their sale, Grogan and Company, Boston, June 3, 2018, lot 116. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
LYONEL FEININGER (1871-1956)
What's the Big Idea?
signed and dated 'Feininger 1954' (lower left) and inscribed 'What's the Big Idea?' (lower center)
watercolor and pen and India ink on paper
3 5/8 x 6 9/16 in (9.2 x 16.6 cm)
Executed in 1954
T. Lux Feininger Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts (the artist's son). | Thence by descent to the previous owner; their sale, Grogan and Company, Boston, June 3, 2018, lot 116. | Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.