T. Lux Feininger

Material study by Walter Tralau from the pre-course by Josef Albers I [Authorship uncertain]

Materialstudie von Walter Tralau aus dem Vorkurs bei Josef Albers I [Urheberschaft unklar]

Repro: MAIN

1926, in Dessau
Negative untracable
Prints known:
1. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Inv. Nr.: 85.XP.260.189, gelatin silver print, 109 x 84 mm. Verso inscr.: Vorkurs 26 - 27, 19., XXI, 12, and Inv. Nr.

Copy prints known:
I. Private collection, later print, Kodak paper, 254 x 203 mm. Verso inscr.: 85.XP.260.189, FEININGER, T. LUX
[The authorship of this photo is uncertain.
The Getty Museum lists their copy as being by T. Lux Feininger. TLF writes in his letter dated April 28, 1990 to the Getty: "Not by me."]

TLF: "[Photo] Not by me; see** No. 260183" [215]

[**The artist refers to the photo: 'Material study by Walter Tralau from the pre-course by Josef Albers II', which in his letter from April 28, 1990 he declares: "Author uncertain". - The Getty titles the work as: 'Material study in paper...', there TLF writes: 'A metal construction...']
Themes: Bauhaus