Signed and inscribed with the work number “1846,” as well as with the Feininger Estate stamp, inscribed “G.W. No. 135” by hand. On thin, brownish tissue paper. 11.8 x 98 cm. Sheet: 24,8 x 18,9 cm.
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• The artist’s most significant prints were created during his intensive creative years between 1918 and 1920, and his first woodcuts in 1918.
• Feininger taught himself the technique of woodcut and is today considered one of the masters of this medium.
• In the year the work was created, Feininger met Walter Gropius; a year later, he was appointed to a teaching position at the Weimar Bauhaus.
LITERATURE: Leona E. Prasse, Lyonel Feininger. Das graphische Werk. Radierungen, Lithographien, Holzschnitte, Berlin/Cleveland 1972, CR no. W60.

The artist’s estate. Private collection, Southern Germany

In good condition. Slightly browned. Slight mount staining. Traces of old mounting in the upper corners of the sheet, slightly visible on the recto. A small tear in the lower left margin (approx. 14 mm) as well as very isolated tiny tears along the edges. A small brown spot in the lower right margin and, overall, tiny brown spots, which do not impair the beautiful overall impression.