1986.339: Sir Lance-a-lot

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1986.339

People

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

Title

Sir Lance-a-lot

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1907

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/221539

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink, colored crayon, watercolor, and graphite traces on off-white laid paper

Dimensions

30.8 x 23.7 cm (12 1/8 x 9 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: recto l.l., black ink, in artist's hand: SUN FEB 10 07
• inscription: recto l.c., blue ink, in artist's hand: Sketches for a comic serial: "Sir Lance-a-lot"

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of T. Lux Feininger

Copyright

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Accession Year

1986

Object Number

1986.339

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Peter Nisbet and Emilie Norris, Busch-Reisinger Museum: History and Holdings, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1991), p. 86, ill.
• Dr. Ulrich Luckhardt, ed., Lyonel Feininger. Menschenbilder. Eine unbekannte Welt, exh. cat., Hamburger Kunsthalle (Hamburg, 2003), p. 55/ cat. 42

Exhibition History

• Lyonel Feininger in Germany: 1887-1937, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/10/1996 - 05/12/1996
• Lyonel Feininger. Menschenbilder. Eine unbekannte Welt, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, 10/24/2003 - 02/01/2004

Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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