Lyonel Feininger
1871 - 1956
The Gate (Das Tor). 1912.
Etching and drypoint.
Signed. Signed, dated, and titled in the plate. From an edition of 125 copies. On wove paper. 26.9 x 19.8 cm (10.5 x 7.7 in). Sheet: 37,6 x 28,5 cm (14,8 x 11,2 in).
Sheet 1 from the portfolio “Die Schaffenden,” 1st year, 1st portfolio (with the blind stamp). Published by Paul Westeheim through Gustav Kiepenheuer Publishers, Weimar 1918. [AW].
• An etching with a painterly effect achieved through masterfully nuanced shading.
• Feininger’s fascination with architecture is evident throughout his life in significant paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints.
• Another copy of this etching is held by the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin.

LITERATURE: Leona E. Prasse, Lyonel Feininger. The Graphic Work. Etchings, Lithographs, Woodcuts, Berlin/Cleveland 1972, CR no. E 52.
Gerhart Söhn, Handbuch der Original-Graphik in deutschen Zeitschriften, Mappenwerken, Kunstbüchern und Katalogen (HDO) 1890–1933, vol. VII, Düsseldorf 1998, CR no. 72701-1.

In good condition, as if freshly printed. Slightly browned in the mat cutout, with slight discoloration around the edges and along the sheet edges. Very occasional tiny brown spots on the outer edges of the sheet.
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