Freight Steamer | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BR34.173
People: Lyonel Feininger, American (New York, NY 1871 - 1956 New York, NY)
Title: Freight Steamer
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1932
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/225849

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Charcoal, watercolor and black ink on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 30.48 x 46.99 cm (12 x 18 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Association Fund
Copyright: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year: 1934
Object Number: BR34.173
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

From Werkbund to Bauhaus: Art and Design in Germany 1900-1934, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1980 - 04/26/1980
Art of the Weimar Era, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 04/05/1982 - 05/22/1982
Bauhaus Art and Design, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/07/1982 - 10/30/1982
Lyonel Feininger in Germany: 1887-1937, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/10/1996 - 05/12/1996
Lyonel Feininger - Watercolors and Drawings, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, 01/23/1998 - 04/05/1998; Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, 04/18/1998 - 06/28/1998
The Bauhaus and Harvard, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/08/2019 - 07/28/2019

Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

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