T. Lux Feininger

Ein Tag der Rosen im August

Repro: SC

1973, in Cambridge, 22 Arlington St.
Oil on board
19 ⁵⁄₈ × 16 ¹⁄₈ inches(50 × 41 cm)
Inscr. lower right: T. LUX F. [stencil signature], text in the painting: EIN TAG DER ROSEN IM AUGUST; verso centered on the board: T. Lux Feininger 1973 "Ein Tag der Rosen im August"

TLF: "'Ein Tag der Rosen im August", 1973 [101]; Ein Tag der Rosen im August, 1973 Cambridge [102, Nr. 389]

Private collection Germany
Provenance: 2007 studio sale
TLF: '''Ein Tag der der Rosen im August, da hat die Garde fort gemußt [A Day of Roses in August, when the Horseguards had to leave]' is a reminiscence of Walter Gropius, who often sang this Ulan song late at night during visits to the Feininger's house in Weimar and vividly recounted his one and only devastating mission as an Ulan - proudly on horseback with a lance - under machine gun fire in the First World War."* [104, Schäfer/Witteveen, May 22, 2007]
Themes: Family & Friends, Literature & Phantasies