Lot no. 24
Feininger, Lyonel.
New York 1871 - 1956.
"West Deep III". 1932. Aquarell und Tuschfeder auf Bütten. 29,5 x 47,3cm. Signiert und betitelt unten links: Feininger=West=Deep III. Sowie datiert unten rechts: 20 8 32. Rahmen.
Zu diesem Werk liegt eine Fotoexpertise von Achim Moeller, The Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York, vom 4. Juli 2012 vor. Es ist dort im Archiv der Zeichnungen und Aquarelle unter der Nummer 1157-07-04-12 verzeichnet.
Provenienz:
Nachlass Michael Vignold, Köln
Privatsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen
Während seiner gesamten Schaffenszeit ist für den Amerikaner Lyonel Feininger das Erlebnis der Natur stets Ausgangspunkt für die künstlerische Auseinandersetzung. In spontan "notierten", oft farbigen, Skizzen und Zeichnungen hält er zunächst den ersten visuellen Eindruck fest, um dann - oft Jahre später - die flüchtige Erscheinung zu strengen Farb- und Formenkompositionen zu verdichten und ihnen in einer Öl- oder Aquarellfassungen die endgültige Gestalt zu geben. Um die Natur intensiv erleben zu können, zieht es Feininger an die Ostseeküste, wo er seit 1891 beinahe jeden Sommer mehrere Wochen oder Monate verbringt. Neben der Landschaft und den Badenden fasziniert ihn hier das Meer. Dessen unendliche Weite, aber auch die vielen kleinen Fischerboote und Segelschiffe hält er immer wieder in seinen Bildern fest. In der für Feininger charakteristischen Formensprache, die nachhaltig vom Kubismus und Futurismus geprägt ist, isoliert er die Bildelemente in geometrische Formen. Ihre feine Schichtung bestimmt den tektonischen Bildaufbau.
Die schwarzen Linien, die die Formen umgeben, sind nicht allein Umrisslinien, denn sie reichen über deren Grenzen hinaus und wiederholen sich teilweise einem Echo gleich. Sie geben der Komposition halt und verleihen ihr zugleich eine enorme Dynamik.
Erläuterungen zum Katalog
Lyonel Feininger
USA
Expressionismus
Bauhaus
Moderne Kunst
Unikate
1930er
Feininger, Lyonel (New York 1871 - 1956)
"West Deep III". 1932. Watercolour and India ink pen on laid paper. 29.5 x 47.3cm. Signed, and titled lower left: Feininger=West=Deep III. As well as dated lower right: 20 8 32. Framed.
To this work there is a photo expert opinion by Achim Moeller, The Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York, of the 4th July 2012 available. There it is recorded in the Archive of Drawings and Aquarelles with the number 1157-07-04-12.
Provenance:
Estate Michael Vignold, Cologne
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia
Throughout Lyonel Feininger's career, the conscious experiencing of nature was the starting point of the American's artistic ventures. Spontaneously 'jotting down' - often in colours - his first visual impression, he produced initial records of these fleeting visions in sketches and drawings, which he would then - sometimes years later - condense to manifest in rigorous compositions of colours in oil or watercolour. Seeking to experience nature most intensely, Feininger was drawn to the Baltic coast, where he would spand several weeks or months in almost every summer since 1891. Alongside the landscape and the bathers, it was the sea in particular that intrigued him. Time and again he captured its sheer infinite vastness in his paintings, just as he did the numerous small fishing and sailing boats.
Decisively influenced by Cubism and Futurism, Feininger's characteristic use of forms isolates pictorial elements in geometrical shapes. Their delicate layering determines the tectonic image composition. Transcending their borders and sometimes recurring like echoes, the black lines encompassing the shapes are more than just outlines. While they serve to stabilise the composition, they also generate a sense of tremendous dynamism.
Explanations to the Catalogue
Lyonel Feininger
USA
Modern and Post-War Art
Modern Art
1930s
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Drawings, watercolours and pastels
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