BR65.30: The Old Man in the Woods

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR65.30

People

Lyonel Feininger, American (New York, NY 1871 - 1956 New York, NY)

Title

The Old Man in the Woods

Other Titles

Alternate Title: The Old Man in the Woods

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

1955

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/222626

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

68.5 × 55.8 cm (26 15/16 × 21 15/16 in.)
frame: 71.9 × 59.2 × 5.7 cm (28 5/16 × 23 5/16 × 2 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

The artist (1955-1956) by descent; to Julia Feininger, New York (1956-1965) gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Julia Feininger

Copyright

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Accession Year

1965

Object Number

BR65.30

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Corresponds to slides BRLF.1001.308, 313-315

Exhibition History

• Modern Art at Harvard, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 07/31/1999 - 09/26/1999; Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, 10/09/1999 - 11/14/1999; Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Nagoya, 12/02/1999 - 12/27/1999; Oita City Museum, Oita, 01/06/2000 - 02/06/2000; Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Ibaraki, 02/11/2000 - 03/26/2000
• Lyonel Feininger Retrospective, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 10/26/2023 - 02/18/2024

Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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