Chalk drawing. Signed and titled in the lower left. On wove paper. 14.8 x 21 cm. , the full sheet.
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- Seascape from Feininger's early Bauhaus period with a view of the “Lübeck Bay.” - Abstract cloud formations over a calm sea are some of his main motifs. - He was inspired for this work during a stay at Timmendorfer Strand in 1922.
LITERATURE: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, 35th auction, Modern Art, Part 1, May 20, 1960, Lot 115 (illustrated on plate 128). Kunsthaus Lempertz, Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts: Gemälde, Plastik, Aquarelle, Handzeichnungen, Graphik, auction on December 6 and 7, 1963, in Cologne, lot 172. Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main, inventory catalog, Frankfurt am Main, 1962, no. 12. Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main, eighth catalog of works offered, Frankfurt am Main, 1964, no. 53 (illustrated) Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main, ninth catalog, Frankfurt am Main, 1966, no. 47 (illustrated).

Possibly Große Berliner Kunstausstellung, November Group section, Berlin 1924, cat. no. 871. Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, March 1-April 11, 1992

Collection of Dr. Richard Doetsch-Benziger, Basel (until 1958). Estate of Richard Doetsch-Benziger (until 1960: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett). Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main (since at least 1962, on the back of the frame with the label). Karin & Rüdiger Volhard Collection, Bad Homburg (acquired from the above in 1968). Since then in family ownership

In good condition. Mounted on backing paper. Slightly browned, somewhat more so along the edges of the sheet. Small traces of handling and creasing.