$2,794
Estimate: $2,500 - $4,000
What Do You See? The Collection of Sidney Rothberg, Part II
Auction: February 28, 2024 at 12 PM ET
Dated ‘24 III 08’ bottom left, pencil on graph paper
Sheet size: 6 x 4 in. (15.2 x 10.2cm)
The Artist.
Gifted directly from the above.
Alois J. Schardt, Los Angeles, California.
Achim Moeller Fine Art Limited, New York.
Acquired directly from the above.
Collection of Paul Houts.
Sotheby’s, New York, sale of October 2, 1991, lot 48 (part lot).
Acquired directly from the above sale.
The Collection of Sidney Rothberg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
"Lyonel Feininger: Figurative Drawings 1908-1912," Achim Moeller Fine Art, New York, April 18-May 25, 1990, no. 3, n.p (illustrated).
Lyonel Feininger: Figurative Drawings, 1908-1912, an exhibition catalogue, Achim Moeller Fine Art Limited, New York, 1990, no. 3, n.p. (illustrated).
Achim Moeller, Managing Principal of The Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York - Berlin has confirmed the authenticity of this work, which is registered under no. 05-26-1990-31. A certificate of authenticity accompanies the work. Additional information was provided by Achim Moeller, The Lyonel Feininger Project LLC, New York - Berlin.
From September 1890 to May 1891 Lyonel Feininger went to school at the Jesuit Collège St. Servais in Liège, Belgium. This drawing was made on March 24, 1908, and provided Lyonel Feininger the basis for the figure on the right in the watercolor (Jesuits), 1908, and the paintings Jesuiten I (Jesuits I), 1908 (Moeller 037), Jesuiten II (Jesuits II), 1913 (Moeller 117), and Jesuiten III (Jesuits III), 1915 (Moeller 145).