T. Lux Feininger

The Black Mate

   
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The Black Mate
The Black Mate Repro: Sothebys New York
  • 1931-1932, in Dessau
  • Oil on canvas
  • 18 1⁄8 × 22 1⁄8 inches(46 × 56 cm)

  • Inscr. upper right: LUX; verso on the upper stretcher frame: 1931 th. LUX "the black mate"

    TLF: "The Black Mate", 1931 [101]; "The Black Mate", 1932 Dessau [102, Nr. 72]

    Private collection USA
    Provenance: 1939 sold to Mr. Karl Nierendorf, New York; 1948 acquired by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, following the transfer of Karl Nierendorf's estate; 2016 Sotheby's New York, American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, lot 245, to benefit the Acquisition Fund, sold to Mr. Ulrich W. Hiesinger, Philadelphia, PA

  • Themes:  Ships-Sails,  Harbor & Sailors

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Exhibitions

Theodor Lux - Einzelausstellung. 1937 New York

Theodor Lux - Erste Kollektiv-Ausstellung von Gemälden. 1935 Berlin, [402 returned 10/1936]

Theodor Lux - Einzelausstellung. 1935 Hamburg

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. 133. Abb./ill., Luckhardt 28 [1931]

Feininger - Eine Künstlerfamilie. Ursula Merkel [Hg./ed.], Wolfgang Büche, T. Lux Feininger,  u.a./et al 2001 Karlsruhe, S/p. 66, Abb./ill. [1931]

T. Lux Feininger: Von Dessau nach Amerika - Der Weg eines Bauhäuslers. Wolfgang Büche [Hg./ed.], T. Lux Feininger, Ulrich Luckhardt, Emilie Norris 1998 Halle, S./p. 11, Abb./ill. [1931]

Lagerbuch Ölgemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen. 1935 Berlin, S./p. 203, Nr. 437

Piesekoll, der Horizontverschlinger. Hans Leip 1934 Braunschweig, S./p. 59. Abb./ill. [Der Beachcomber zu Taongi]

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