Lyonel Feininger

Manhattan Skyscrapers

1942

Sketched charcoal view of towering urban buildings with angled scaffolding and vertical lines.
Sketched charcoal view of towering urban buildings with angled scaffolding and vertical lines.

Lyonel Feininger, Manhattan Skyscrapers, 1942. Pen and ink and charcoal on paper, sheet: 22 1/16 × 15 5/8 in. (56 × 39.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Exchange 53.54. ©Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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Date
1942

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink and charcoal on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 22 1/16 × 15 5/8 in. (56 × 39.7 cm)

Accession number
53.54

Credit line
Exchange

Rights and reproductions
©Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

API
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