Oil on canvas. Signed in the upper left. Signed once more on the reverse of the stretcher, as well as dated “1920-1949” and titled “The Red Streetsweep”. 40.6 x 50.8 cm.
An artist-made replica of the 1920 painting “The Red Street Sweeper” (Hess WVZ no. 203), which was destroyed in a warehouse fire in Montana in 1946. [AR].
- Directly from the estate of T. Lux Feininger, the artist’s son. - Offered on the international auction market for the first time. - Between dream and reality: a masterfully staged street scene featuring Feininger’s uniquely enigmatic figures. - “The Red Streetsweeper”—a unique portrait of an artist’s life—inspired by the streets of Paris, conceived at the Bauhaus in Weimar, and brought to new life in the USA. - These figurative works are among the artist’s most sought-after pieces on the international auction market (Source: artprice.com).
Achim Moeller, Director of the Lyonel Feininger Project, New York-Berlin, has confirmed the authenticity of this work. It is registered in the archive of the Lyonel Feininger Project under the number 2049-02-26-26. The painting is listed in 'Lyonel Feininger: The Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings' by Achim Moeller under the number 514. The work is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. Additional information was provided by Achim Moeller, The Lyonel Feininger Project, New York - Berlin.
LITERATURE: Achim Moeller, “The Red Streetsweeper (II), 1949 (Moeller 573).” Lyonel Feininger: The Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings. http://www.feiningerproject.org/ (accessed on February 26, 2025). Hans Hess, Lyonel Feininger. With a catalogue raisonné by Julia Feininger, Stuttgart 1959, CR no. 497 (with b/w illustration on p. 296).

An Exhibition of Works by Lyonel Feininger, T. Lux Feininger, Andreas Feininger, Laurence Feininger, Widener Gallery, Austin Arts Center, Trinity College, Hartford, Oct. 1-30, 1967, catalog no. 4, no page (with b/w illustration, mentioned here as “The Red Streetsweep, 1920-1949”). Lyonel Feininger, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, April-May 1969, New York, cat. no. 73 (illustrated on p. 90, with a label on the reverse of the stretcher)

Estate of the artist, New York. Theodore Lux (T. Lux) Feininger, Cambridge (MA) (inherited) Estate of T. Lux Feininger, Cambridge (MA) (inherited)

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