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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR65.26
People
Lyonel Feininger, American (New York, NY 1871 - 1956 New York, NY)
Title
Skyscrapers
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1955
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222624

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
100.4 × 80 cm (39 1/2 × 31 1/2 in.)
frame: 101.9 × 83.2 × 3.8 cm (40 1/8 × 32 3/4 × 1 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: at l.r.: Feininger 1955
  • inscription: on stretcher, handwritten, in artist's hand: "Mellingen II 1931"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The artist (1955-1956) by descent; to Julia Feininger, New York (1956-1965) gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Julia Feininger
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
BR65.26
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Lyonel Feininger Retrospective, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 10/26/2023 - 02/18/2024

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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