Lyonel Feininger

Church on the Cliffs
1953

A sketch on aged paper depicting a side view of a church perched on a cliff, with architectural details lightly outlined in pencil and accented with watercolor washes in muted tones. Handwritten notes are visible at the bottom, suggesting the subject and date of the artwork.
A sketch on aged paper depicting a side view of a church perched on a cliff, with architectural details lightly outlined in pencil and accented with watercolor washes in muted tones. Handwritten notes are visible at the bottom, suggesting the subject and date of the artwork.

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Date
1953

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Charcoal, watercolor and pen and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 11 9/16 × 17 5/8in. (29.4 × 44.8 cm) Image (sight): 11 9/16 × 17 5/8in. (29.4 × 44.8 cm)

Accession number
2016.166

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Bequest of Susan R. Malloy

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

API
artworks/47428

Lyonel Feininger
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