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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.331
People
Lyonel Feininger, American (New York, NY 1871 - 1956 New York, NY)
Title
Ship at Sunrise
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1950
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311086

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and charcoal on cream modern laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 31 x 47.8 cm (12 3/16 x 18 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Black ink, lower left: Feininger
  • inscription: Dedicated on the reverse.
  • inscription: lower right corner, black ink, in artist's hand: 16.vii.50
  • inscription: verso, bottom edge, black ink, pen, in artist's hand: To Eric (Schroeder) dedicated affectionately by "Papoleo" 15th August 1950
  • watermark: INGRES"/"CANSON & M

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lyonel Feininger, gift; to Eric Schroeder, Cambridge, Massachusetts, bequest; to Margaret Schroeder, Milton, Massachusetts, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Estate of Margaret F. Schroeder
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.331
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

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