BR63.300: Untitled [Two Sketches of a Man's Head]; verso: Untitled [Two Men Reading]

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR63.300

People

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

Title

Untitled [Two Sketches of a Man's Head]; verso: Untitled [Two Men Reading]

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1/27/1900

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/187025

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on cream wove paper, squared

Dimensions

11.2 x 14.3 cm (4 7/16 x 5 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: l. r., graphite, in artist's hand: Sat. Jan 27th, 1900 / da war Deiner noch nicht "verlobt" [there your one was not "engaged" yet]
• inscription: verso, l. r., graphite, German, in artist's hand: bei einer Ulk Sitzung ["at a prank meeting"]
• inscription: verso, u. l., graphite, German, in artist's hand: Mehring
• inscription: verso, u. r., graphite, in artist's hand: Engel [crossed out] / Lehrke [?]

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

BR63.300

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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