Skyscrapers | Harvard Art Museums

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

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BR65.26: Skyscrapers