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Lyonel Feininger — Abendgruss (The Evening Greeting)
Lyonel Feininger

Abendgruss (The Evening Greeting)

A spectral cityscape emerges through Feininger's masterful use of line and shadow, where angular Gothic architecture dissolves into a luminous evening sky. The etching captures the artist's signature Cubist-influenced style, fragmenting spires and rooftops into geometric planes that seem to vibrate with quiet, mysterious energy. Printed on warm cream laid paper, the composition evokes a haunting yet tender mood, as if the city itself offers a hushed salutation to the fading light of dusk.

Medium
Etching, on cream laid paper, with margins, very slightly trimmed at the lower sheet edge.

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Evening & Day Editions

October 17, 2018

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Lyonel Feininger, Abendgruss (The Evening Greeting)

A spectral cityscape emerges through Feininger's masterful use of line and shadow, where angular Gothic architecture dissolves into a luminous evening sky. The etching captures the artist's signature Cubist-influenced style, fragmenting spires and rooftops into geometric planes that seem to vibrate with quiet, mysterious energy. Printed on warm cream laid paper, the composition evokes a haunting yet tender mood, as if the city itself offers a hushed salutation to the fading light of dusk.

Medium
Etching, on cream laid paper, with margins, very slightly trimmed at the lower sheet edge.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Nocturnal Mood, Twilight Scene, Cubism, Male Artist, Expressionism, Etching, Printmaking, Early Twentieth Century, American Artist, Figurative Art, Cream Tones, Modern Master

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