BR56.249.A: City with Church in the Sun, from the portfolio "Twelve Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR56.249.A

People

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

Title

City with Church in the Sun, 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: Stadt mit Kirche in der Sonne, aus "Zwölf Holzschnitte von Lyonel Feininger"; Häuser mit Sonne; Kirchgänger; Kirchgänger in der Stadt; Die Stadt

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1918

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/223428

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white Japanese paper

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

block: 16.2 x 24.8 cm (6 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
sheet: 27.1 x 32.1 cm (10 11/16 x 12 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: in graphite at l.l.: Lyonel Feininger

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Prasse W 87

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

BR56.249.A

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

No. 4 of portfolio of 12 prints.

Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

Related Works

• BR56.238.-249

  Lyonel Feininger

  Twelve Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger

  Prints

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