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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR59.51
People
Lyonel Feininger, American (New York, NY 1871 - 1956 New York, NY)
Title
Cloud II
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Wolke II
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
8/9/1924
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223315

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and watercolor on off-white modern laid paper
Dimensions
28.3 x 40.6 cm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in black ink at l.l.: Feininger
  • inscription: l.c., black ink, handwritten, German, in artist's hand: Wolke / II
  • inscription: l.r., black ink, handwritten, in artist's hand: 9.8.1924

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
1959
Object Number
BR59.51
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Charles Werner Haxthausen, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Abbeville Press (New York, NY, 1980), p. 115, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Works from the 20th Century Collection of the Busch-Reisinger, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 06/15/1980 - 09/01/1980; Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 09/23/1980 - 10/24/1980
  • 20th-Century Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/07/1981 - 11/11/1981
  • Deutsche Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus dem Busch-Reisinger Museum, Stadtische Galerie im Stadelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, 10/23/1982 - 01/16/1983; Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin 30, 02/10/1983 - 04/17/1983; Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 05/08/1983 - 06/26/1983
  • Lyonel Feininger in Germany: 1887-1937, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/10/1996 - 05/12/1996

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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