T. Lux Feininger

The "Wohlfahrt" of Barth and an Oldtimer

   
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Die "Wohlfahrt" aus Barth und ein Oldtimer
The Repro: CF
  • 1948, in New York
  • Ink and pen
  • 8 × 10 1⁄8 inches(20 × 25 1⁄2 cm)

  • Inscr. lower right: T. Lux F. '48, lower left: 7., lower center: 5 1/2, upper left 2 x: 2", 8.

  • TLF: "The Wohlfahrt [Welfare] of Barth, a handsome gallesass, freshly painted and tarred at Waltershof on the Elbe. She carries a flying yard on the fore from which a square foresail is set when running oldtimer [7]. A tjalk in full rig carrying the characteristic raffe set flying between two light yards as well as an extra sail, a kind of studding sail seldom seen nowadays [8]." [The Rudder, October 1948]

  • Themes:  Ships-Sails

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Literature

German Sailing Vessels of the 1920's and 30's. T. Lux Feininger 1948 New York, S./p. 17., Abb./ill.

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