Markwippach. 1918.
Woodcut.
Signed, titled and inscribed with the work number "1840". On laid paper. 22.6 x 27.9 cm (8.8 x 10.9 in). Sheet: 28,2 x 40,5 cm (11,3 x 15,9 inch).


• Early, rare woodcut by the later Bauhaus master.
• Classical motifs meet modern forms and perspectives.
• Today, the master of the modern woodcut is still known for his radical compositions of geometric surfaces and straight lines.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany (since 1969, Karl und Faber, May 22/23, 1969).

LITERATURE: Leona E. Prasse, Lyonel Feininger. Das graphische Werk. Radierungen, Lithographien, Holzschnitte, Berlin/Cleveland 1972, no.54 (illu. in b/w)
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Karl und Faber, Munich, auction 118 Kunst Alte und Neue Meister Dekorative Graphik Veduten, May 22/23, 1969, lot 946.

In good condition. Evenly minimally discolored. With isolated faint handling creases in the margins, somewhat more pronounced in the left margin.