Cathedral
Maker and role
Artist: Lyonel Feininger, American, 1871-1956
Year
1919
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Woodcut
Measurements
image, 7 1/16 x 4 3/4in (17.9 x 12.1cm)
Credit line
Museum purchase
Accession number
1968.2
Object type
Department
Location
Further information
Created at the influential Bauhaus school of crafts and fine arts in Germany, this woodcut presents the artist's view of a cathedral of a utopian future. The print exists in only two impressions and on the McNay's version, the artist wrote "rare! 2 prints only."
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ ADAGP, Paris
Documentation
Modern Art at the McNay: A Brief History and Pictorial Survey of the Collection; William J. Chiego; 2001; p. 87
From Goya to Johns: Fifty Master Prints from the McNay Art Museum; Lyle W. Williams, Richard Hemphill, William J. Chiego; 2004; p. 44
Lyonel Feininger: A Definitive Catalogue of his Graphic Work: Etchings, Lithographs, Woodcuts = Das graphische Werk : Radierungen, Lithographien, Holzschnitte; Leona E. Prasse; 1972; 143
From Goya to Johns: Fifty Master Prints from the McNay Art Museum; Lyle W. Williams, Richard Hemphill, William J. Chiego; 2004; p. 44
Lyonel Feininger: A Definitive Catalogue of his Graphic Work: Etchings, Lithographs, Woodcuts = Das graphische Werk : Radierungen, Lithographien, Holzschnitte; Leona E. Prasse; 1972; 143
Signature & date
Signed l.l.: Lyonel Feininger
Inscribed l.l.: l zustand
Inscribed l.r.: rare! 2 prints only 1922
Inscribed l.l.: l zustand
Inscribed l.r.: rare! 2 prints only 1922
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