Lyonel Feininger (1871 New York - 1956 New York) "Cruising sailing ships 2". Original title Woodcut/Japan laid paper, 1919, probably one of 25 unnumbered copies of the special edition, published as sheet 6 from the series of 8 works in the portfolio of the "Fünften Jahresgabe des Kreises graphischer Künstler und Sammler", ed. Hans Weigert, published by Arndt Beyer, Leipzig 1925. wvz. Prasse W 175; Söhn HDO 52006-6. The Bauhaus artist, who harboured a great passion for the sea and ships, depicts three old sailing ships in stormy seas in a crystalline, abstract manner. Depiction approx. 17 cm x 22.5 cm. Frame. Further examples can be found in the Max-Pechstein-Museum in Zwickau and in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others. Woodcut on paper, 1919. Hand-signed.