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Angler und Schiffe (Anglers and Ships) - 1916, Woodcut.

Prasse W135. Edition 30 (1941), one of only several proofs before the published edition. Signed and dated in pencil. Signed with the artist’s emblem in pencil, bottom left sheet corner.

Image size 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches (83 x 114 mm); sheet size 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (140 x 216 mm).

A fine, black impression, on oatmeal-tan carbon-copy paper, with full margins (3/4 to 2 1/4 inches). The paper lightly sun-bleached within the original mat opening; a small loss in the top right sheet corner (1/2 inch); otherwise in excellent condition.

Estate stamped and numbered W 701 in pencil, in the lower right sheet corner. Published edition: No.8 of the porfolio, Ten Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger, 1941. Used as a letterhead.

Collections: Berlin East KK (letterhead); Cincinnati CiPL; Cleveland CMA (II, 1941 edition); New York MOMA (II, 1941 edition); Philadelphia PAFA (II, 1941 edition).

$4500.
Angler (mi Sonne); Fishermen (with Sun) - 1919, Woodcut.

Prasse W191. Edition 50 (1921), 30 (1941), one of five known proofs before the published editions. Signed and titled in pencil. Numbered 1971 (the artist's inventory number) in the artist’s hand, in the bottom center margin.

Image size 3 15/16 x 5 1/2 inches (100 x 140 mm); sheet size 8 1/2 x 11 inches (216 x 279 mm).

A fine, black impression, on oatmeal-tan carbon-copy paper, with full margins (1 5/8 to 3 inches). The paper lightly sun-bleached within the original mat opening, otherwise in excellent condition.

From the artist’s estate with the numbered estate stamp in the bottom right sheet corner. Published editions: No.9 of porfolio, Zwolf Holzschnitte von Lyonel Feininger, 1921; No.9 of portfolio, Ten Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger, 1941.

Cover illustration and frontispiece for the exhibition catalog, Lyonel Feininger (New York: Buchholz and Willard Galleries, March 11-29, 1941; and Detroit Institute of Arts, July-August 1941).

Collections: Ann Arbor; Cambridge BRM; Cincinnati CiPL; Cleveland CMA; Darmstadt BA; Essen, Hamburg; Kaiserslautern; Krefeld; New York MOMA; Philadelphia PAFA; PMA; Saarbrucken; San Francisco AFGA.

$8500.
Kreuzende Segelschiffe 2 (Cruising Sailing Ships 2) - 1919, Woodcut.

Prasse W175. Edition 275 unsigned for portfolio Die tunlte Jahresgabe des Kreises graphischer Kunstler und Sammier, 1925; 25 signed de luxe edition nos. I-XXV, on Japanese Milo paper; 150 signed edition nos. 1-150, on Zanders cream laid paper; 100 unsigned nos. 151-250. Signed and titled in pencil.

Image size 6 x 8 7/8 inches (171 x 225 mm); sheet size 9 1/2 x 11 7/8 inches (241 x 302 mm).

A superb, black, proof impression, apart from the published editions, on tissue-thin cream laid Japan, with full margins ( 7/8 to 1 5/8 inches), in excellent condition.

Feininger estate stamp in the bottom right sheet corner.

Collections: Altenburg, Braunschweig; Bremen; Cincinnati CIAM (proof); Cleveland CMA (proof); Darmstadt BA (proof); Dresden (185/250); Essen; Kaiserslautern (11/150); Karlsruhe (XIV/XXV0); Leipzig MdbK (24/150); Philadelphia PMA; Tel Aviv; Trenton (proof); Washington NGA; Zwickau.

$11,000.
Dreimastiges Schiff mit Stern (Three-Masted Ship with Star) - c.1920, Woodcut.

Prasse W263. Edition none, one of only four known proofs. Signed in pencil and numbered 2806 (the artist's inventory number) in the artist’s hand, beneath the signature. Signed with the artist’s emblem in pencil, bottom left sheet corner.

Image size 2 3/8 x 2 1/2 inches (60 x 64 mm); sheet size 5 3/8 x 6 1/2 inches (143 x 165 mm).

A fine, black impression, on oatmeal-tan carbon-copy paper, with full margins (1 to 2 inches). The paper lightly sun-bleached within the original mat opening; otherwise in excellent condition.

Estate stamped and numbered W 823 in pencil, in the lower right sheet corner. Used as a letterhead.

Collection: Pasadena (letterhead).

$2500.
Waldkirche, 2 (Church in the Woods, 2) - 1920, Woodcut.

Prasse 220. Edition proofs only; 2nd state (of 3). Signed in pencil, lower left. Numbered 2028 (the artist's inventory number) in the artist’s hand, in the bottom center margin.

Image size 5 11/16 x 4 1/2 inches (144 x 114 mm); sheet size 9 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches (248 x 168 mm).

A fine, black impression, on tissue-thin cream laid Japan, with full margins (7/8 to 2 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. A rare 2nd state proof; Prasse cites only one known proof in this state, on oatmeal-tan carbon-copy paper.

No. 10 of portfolio, Zwölf Holzschnitte von Lyonel Feininger, 1921.

Collections: Cambridge BRM; Darmstadt BA, Hlm; Hamburg; Kaiserslautern; Krefeld; Philadelphia PMA; Sarbrücken.

$5500.
Die Architektur (Architecture); also Stadtbild (Citiscape) - 1920, Woodcut.

Prasse W232. Edition 50. Signed in pencil.

Image size 6 x 8 7/8 inches (152 x 229 mm); sheet size 9 1/2 x 11 7/8 inches (241 x 302 mm).

A fine, black impression, on off-white Japan, with full margins (1 1/4 to 2 1/8 inches), in excellent condition.

No.11 of the portfolio Zwolf Holzschnitte von Lyonel Feininger, 1921.
Provenance: Peter Deitsch Collection; Weimar Museum.

Collections: Cambridge BRM, Darmstadt BA, Hamburg, Kaiserslautern, Krefeld, Munich, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

$9000.
Süssenborn (also known as Little Church) - c. 1926, Woodcut.

Prasse W253. Edition proofs. Unsigned.

Image size 5 3/8 x 5 3/4 inches (137 x 146 mm); sheet size 8 x 9 1/2 inches (203 x 241 mm).

A superb, black impression, on tissue-thin cream laid Japan, with full margins (1 1/8 to 2 inches), in excellent condition.

No. 10 of portfolio, 10 Holzschnitte von Lyonel Feininger (c.1926). Süssenborn is a village near Weimar in Thuringia.

Collections: Cambridge FAM loan, Dresden, Middletown.

$1400.
Abend Am Meere (Evening by the Sea) - c. 1926, Woodcut.

Prasse W248. Edition not stated. Proof prints. Unsigned.

Image size 5 5/16 x 5 1/4 inches (135 x 133 mm); sheet size 9 1/2 x 12 inches (241 x 305 mm).

A superb, black impression, on tissue-thin cream laid Japan, with full margins (2 to 3 1/4 inches), in excellent condition.

No. 8 of portfolio, 10 Holzschnitte von Lyonel Feininger.

Collections: Cambridge FAM loan, Dresden, NY MOMA.

$1400.
Manhattan I, Stone 2 - 1951, Lithograph.

Prasse L16. Edition 25. Signed in pencil. Numbered 1/25 in pencil, in the artist’s hand, in the bottom left sheet corner.

Image size 11 1/4 x 8 5/8 inches (286 x 219 mm); 15 3/4 x 11 1/4 sheet size: inches (400 x 286 mm).

A fine, clean impression, on off-white Rives wove paper, with full margins (1 1/4 to 2 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce.

Collections: Boston BPL; Cambridge FAM; Cleveland CMA; Jerusalem BNM; Philadelphia PMA; Washington LC.

$4200.
The Yacht Race - 1918, Woodcut.

Prasse W8. Edition 4 known proofs; 100 (1964). Numbered 23/100 in pencil.

Image size 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (140 x 191 mm); sheet size 12 7/8 x 15 inches (327 x 381 mm).

A fine, black impression, on cream Japan, with full margins (3 1/2 to 3 7/8 inches), in excellent condition.

From the posthumous edition authorized by Julia Feininger and published by Associated American Artists, New York, 1964. The edition was printed by Harold McGrath under the supervision of Leonard Baskin in 100 numbered impressions, authenticated with the blindstamp combining the emblems of Lyonel and Julie Feininger, in the lower right margin.

Collection: MOMA.

$400.
The Harbor (Warship in the Harbor Entrance)- 1918, Woodcut.

Prasse W110. Proofs only; 100 (1964). Numbered 26/100 in pencil.

Image size 6 5/16 x 8 11/16 inches (160 x 221 mm); sheet size 13 x 15 inches (330 x 381 mm).

A fine, black impression, on cream Japan, with full margins (3 to 3 3/8 inches), in excellent condition.

From the posthumous edition authorized by Julia Feininger and published by Associated American Artists, New York, 1964. The edition was printed by Harold McGrath under the supervision of Leonard Baskin in 100 numbered impressions, authenticated with the blindstamp combining the emblems of Lyonel and Julie Feininger, in the lower right margin.

Collections: Cambridge BRM, Darmstadt BA, Essen, Hamburg, Hannover KM, Kaiserslautern, Krefeld, PMA, Saarbrücken, Weimar.

$450.
Ships (Three Sailing Ships) - 1919, Woodcut.

Prasse W151, II. Edition proofs only; 100 (1964). Numbered 51/100 in pencil.

Image size 9 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches (248 x 286 mm); sheet size 17 x 19 1/8 inches (432 x 486 mm).

A fine, black impression, on cream Japan, with full margins (3 to 4 3/8 inches), in excellent condition.

From the posthumous edition authorized by Julia Feininger and published by Associated American Artists, New York, 1964. The edition was printed by Harold McGrath under the supervision of Leonard Baskin in 100 numbered impressions, authenticated with the blindstamp combining the emblems of Lyonel and Julie Feininger, in the lower right margin.

Collections: Aic, Essen, MOMA, NYPL, Syracuse University, NGA, Weimar.

$650.

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