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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR63.1179
People
Lyonel Feininger, American (New York, NY 1871 - 1956 New York, NY)
Title
Poor Destitute Woman Reduced to Pitiful Circumstances; verso: Untitled [Figure Walking with a Child]
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Pauvre femme, sans le sou, réduite á la plus détestable pénurie
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
9/22/1911
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/163602

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black crayon on cream wove paper
Dimensions
24 x 20.4 cm (9 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: u.r., black crayon or chalk, handwritten, in artist's hand: 22 Sept 11
  • inscription: l.c., black crayon or chalk, handwritten, in artist's hand: Pauvre femme, sans le sou, réduite á la plus détestable pénurie

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
1963
Object Number
BR63.1179
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

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