T. Lux Feininger

Roof of the Meisterhouses No. 2 & 3

Dach des Meisterhauses No. 2 & 3 (Meisterhausdach, voll Wasser aber bei Sonnenschein), Roof of Meisterhaus, flooded but in sunshine

Repro: MAIN

1928, in Dessau
Negative untraceable; Copy-film negative produced by the artist 1980, inscr. upper right: 13, 90 x 120 mm
Prints known:
1. Private collection, Vintage, gelatin silver print, 85 x 115 mm. Verso inscr. by the artist: photo Lux Feininger, in red: x, o, in black: o, yellow label: 13, and Inv. Nr.
2. Sammlung Gerd Gruber, Wittenberg, gelatin silver print, 83 x 113 mm. Verso inscr. by the artist: Dach des Meisterhauses No. 2 & 3 Burgkühnauer Allee (jetzt Ebertallee). original print von T. Lux Feininger, 1928
TLF 12.8.1985: "... Re. the photo of the 'Meisterhaus' I need to mention that towards 1926 the vegetation has changed a lot. At the time the well known thin prussian pines stood on the surrounding premises like pencils or knitting needles. Their rapid growth, a triumph of industrial forestry, made them the perfect mining timber. My father loved and photographed them a lot, mainly for the wonderful long shadows, which were similar to the hatchings of his pen drawings..."* [204, to G. Gruber]
Sammlung Gerd Gruber, Wittenberg
Themes: Bauhaus