1871 – New York – 1956
„Gelbe Gasse“ (also „Gasse I“, „Yellow Lane“). 1932
Oil on canvas. 100 × 80 cm (39 ⅜ × 31 ½ in.) Signed and dated lower left: Feininger 32. On the upper stretcher bar left, in black pen, signed, dated and titled: Lyonel Feininger 1932 „Gasse I“
Provenance
The Curt Valentin Gallery, New York / Mrs. Harry Jason, New York (1959) / Galerie Beyeler, Basel / Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d‘Italia (1973) / collection Rheingarten (= Hans Grothe, Duisburg) / Galerie Thomas, Munich (1981) / Private collection, Germany
EUR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000
USD 1,120,000 - 1,680,000
Sold for:
3,525,000 EUR (incl. premium)
Autumn Auctions 2016
Selected Works, 1 December 2016
Exhibition
Lyonel Feininger. Oakland (CA), Mills College Art Gallery, 1937, no. 9 / American Contemporary Paintings. New York, Lilienfeld Galleries, 1940 / Moderne Kunst VIII (from the collection of the Galerie Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione d‘Italia). Düsseldorf, Künstlerverein Malkasten, 1973, cat. no. 25, with full-page colour ill. / Sammlung Rheingarten. Munich, Galerie Thomas, 1981, p. 35, full-page colour ill. p. 34 / Lyonel Feininger. Gemälde, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik. Kiel, Kunsthalle zu Kiel der Christian-Albrechts-Universität, 1982, cat. no. 19a
Literature and illustration
Grisebach. Das Journal. vol. 6, Berlin 2016, p. 44-45, with colour illustration