T. Lux Feininger

Still Life with three Masks by T.Lux Feininger, in daylight

Stillleben mit drei Masken von T. Lux Feininger, im Tageslicht

Repro: MAIN

1928, in Dessau
Negative untraceable; Copy-film negative produced by the artist 1980, inscr. upper right: 148, 120 x 90 mm
Copy Prints known:
I. Private collection, gelatin silver print, 300 x 190 mm. Verso inscr. by the artist: Copyphoto [Lux Feininger]
TLF: "Stillife with three masks (one unfinished), in daylight" [201]

TLF 1947: "After completing the first term [at the Bauhaus 1927], the preliminary Vorkurs, I was admitted to the stage workshop, I was the happiest of students. ... I was particularly enarmored of making masks, and, after executing several collectively formulated ideas, went over to the shaping on my own creations, keeping these, however, in harmony with the collectively established trends. The technique of paper maché was developed to a high degree of perfection. I also retrieved the ancient art of woodcarving for masks, after studies of Japanese Nô masks, and succeded in producing sufficiently light, yet substantial, masks for practical use on the stage. ..." [204]
Themes: Bauhaus-Stage, Bauhaus