Harvard Art Museums > BR63.146: Blue Rider Signet (on a letter from Franz Marc to Lyonel Feininger, 1913) Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Blue Rider Signet (on a letter from Franz Marc to Lyonel Feininger, 1913) (Wassily Kandinsky) , BR63.146,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/184331. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number BR63.146 People Wassily Kandinsky, Russian (Moscow, Russia 1866 - 1944 Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France) Title Blue Rider Signet (on a letter from Franz Marc to Lyonel Feininger, 1913) Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1911 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/184331 Physical Descriptions Medium Woodcut printed in black ink on beige laid paper, inscribed in brown ink, stamped in purple ink Technique Woodcut Dimensions image: 5.9 x 4.6 cm (2 5/16 x 1 13/16 in.) sheet: 27.6 x 22 cm (10 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: in brown ink at l.r.: Fr. Marc inscription: recto, brown ink, German: Sehr geehrter Herr Feininger, / Gestatten Sie, daß ich auf Anregung Kubins mich an Sie wende, um sie zur Beschickung [?] des Herbstsalons bei Herrn Walden (Potsdamer St. 134/a) anzuregen. Herr Kubin ...[?] uns ... von Ihren Bildern, daß Sie uns mit Ihrer ... an dieser Ausstellung eine große Freude machen würden. Herr Walden wird Ihnen die Einladung zugehen lassen. Für jeden Aussteller sind 3 mit lauf./... Wandfläche völlig juryfrei gesichert. / Mit einem ... Gruß, auch von Herrn Kubin / Ihr sehr ergb. / Fr. Marc / P.S. daß Ihnen nicht schon früher eine Einladung zuging, lag nur daran, daß niemand unseres engeren[?] Kreises von Ihren Bildern ... erfahren[?], bis uns jetzt Kubin aufmerksam machte .... [a letter from Marc to Feininger inviting him to take part in Herwald Walden’s pioneering "Autumn Salon" at the Sturm Gallery in Berlin 20.9. 1913 - 1.12. 1914. Marc helped with the organization of this show (see Bremen cat. p. 16), so a date of mid-1913 can be assumed. Feininger exhibited 4 pictures – 5 ptgs. according to Hess, p. 305 (see Stationen der Moderne Berlin, exh. cat. 1988, p. 136). Feininger had previously exhibited drawings , 1 ptg. At Secession (1910) and in Paris.] Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Julia Feininger Copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Accession Year 1963 Object Number BR63.146 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Exhibition History Franz Marc and the Blue Rider, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 04/08/2001 - 07/15/2001 Subjects and Contexts The Bauhaus Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
