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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR56.240
People
Lyonel Feininger, American (New York, NY 1871 - 1956 New York, NY)
Title
Gelmeroda (with the fir tree), from the portfolio "Twelve Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger"
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Zwölf Holzschnitte von Lyonel Feininger [Twelve Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger]
Original Language Title: Gelmeroda (mit Tanne), aus "Zwölf Holzschnitte von Lyonel Feininger"; Der Grosse Baum
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1918
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/220240

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white Japanese paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 21.8 x 17.3 cm (8 9/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
sheet: 30.1 x 24.3 cm (11 7/8 x 9 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.l.: Lyonel Feininger

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
II
Standard Reference Number
Prasse W 89

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
1956
Object Number
BR56.240
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
No. 5 of portfolio of 12 prints.

Publication History

  • Laura Muir, Lyonel Feininger: Photographs, 1928-1939, exh. cat. (Ostfildern, Germany, 2011), p. 23, fig. 8, ill.

Exhibition History

  • From Werkbund to Bauhaus: Art and Design in Germany 1900-1934, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1980 - 04/26/1980
  • Bauhaus Art and Design, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/07/1982 - 10/30/1982
  • Lyonel Feininger: Photographs, 1928-1939, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, 02/26/2011 - 05/15/2011; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munchen, 06/02/2011 - 07/17/2011; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 10/25/2011 - 03/11/2012; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/30/2012 - 06/02/2012
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/22/2016 - 03/11/2016

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

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