T. Lux Feininger

Brig "Suzanne"

   

Brigg "Suzanne"
Brig Repro: WS
  • 1932, in Dessau
  • Oil on canvas
  • 16 × 27 34 inches(40 12 × 70 12 cm)

  • Inscr. upper right: LUX, lower right on the stern of the ship: SUZANNE TOULON; verso centered on the canvas: T. Lux (F.) 1932 Brig "SUZANNE." [later stencil signature], on the upper stretcher frame: 1932 th. LUX "Brigg Suzanne"

    TLF: "Brig 'Suzanne'", 1932 [101]; "Brig 'Suzanne'", 1931 Dessau [102, Nr. 333]

    Private collection Germany
    Provenance: 1997 studio sale

  • TLF: "Suzanne was a German girlfriend who accomodated Lux, when he arrived in Paris without money or means.He also refers to this in his autobiography."* [104, G. Bruhn, 1997]

  • Themes:  Ships-Sails

Exhibitions

Welten-Segler - T. Lux Feininger zum 100. Geburtstag, Werke 1929-1942. 2010 Kiel - Kiel, Kunsthalle zu Kiel: 5. Juni - 29. August 2010
- Paderborn, Städtische Galerie am Abdinghof: 20. Februar - 1. Mai 2011
- Quedlinburg, Lyonel-Feininger Galerie: 15. Mai - 28. August 2011
- Hannover, Stiftung Ahlers Pro Arte/Stiftung Kestner Pro Arte: 29. October 2011 - 22. Januar 2012

Literature

Welten-Segler - T. Lux Feininger zum 100. Geburtstag, Werke 1929-1942. Ulrich Luckhardt [Hg./ed.], Peter Thurmann [Hg./ed.], Wolfgang Büche, Dagmar Lott-Reschke 2010 Köln, S./p. 79, 120, 136. Abb./ill., Luckhardt 47

Lagerbuch Ölgemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen. 1935 Berlin, S./p. 203, Nr. 440

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