Harvard Art Museums > 2009.100.41: Untitled [Clouds] Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Untitled [Clouds] (Lyonel Feininger) , 2009.100.41,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/317209. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2009.100.41 People Lyonel Feininger, American (New York, NY 1871 - 1956 New York, NY) Title Untitled [Clouds] Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1953 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/317209 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor, black ink, and charcoal on cream modern laid paper, edges taped Dimensions 24.1 x 53.8 cm (9 1/2 x 21 3/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.l., black ink: Feininger 1952 inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: verso, l.l., graphite: TR1248 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Lyonel Feininger (1955-56), bequest; to Julia Feininger (1956-by 1970), gift; to William S. Lieberman (by 1970-2005), bequest; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2006. Footnotes: According to Peter Nisbet's 11 Sept. 2008 memo to Frank Connors (in object file, along with other documentation), it is highly likely that Julia Feininger, the artist's widow, gave William Lieberman (1924-2005) the 590 drawings that compose the Lieberman Bequest. Neither the lawyers for Feininger's estate nor his two sons have been able to confirm whether, and at what time, Julia might have given Lieberman the drawings. However, their statements corroborate the friendship between Julia and Lieberman, and the likelihood of her giving him such a gift. Lieberman would have received the drawings between 1956, when Feininger died, and 1970, when Julia died. Beginning in the 1960s, nearly all of the drawings were, at some point, on loan to MoMA. Some of the loans came from Lieberman, while others came from Julia; of the loans given by Julia, many passed into Lieberman's ownership later, at which point he re-loaned some of them to MoMA. Lieberman's personal papers, which might contain more specific information about how he acquired the drawings, are not currently accessible. They are in the care of his executor, Anne Strauss of the Metropolitan Museum, who has yet to examine them. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Bequest of William S. Lieberman Copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn Accession Year 2009 Object Number 2009.100.41 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Peter Nisbet, Lyonel Feininger Drawings and Watercolors, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums and Hatje Cantz (Cambridge, MA and Ostfildern, Germany, 2011), cat. no. 62, p. 115 Joachim Homann, Margaret Morgan Grasselli, and Miriam Stewart, ed., American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2023), repr. as pl. 56 on p. 125 Exhibition History Lyonel Feininger: Drawings and Watercolors from the William S. Lieberman Bequest to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, 02/26/2011 - 05/15/2011; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munchen, 06/02/2011 - 07/17/2011 American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/20/2023 - 08/13/2023 Subjects and Contexts The Bauhaus Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
