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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
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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

Verification Level

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