Lyonel Feininger

Off the Coast
1942

A watercolor and ink drawing depicting an abstracted sailing ship caught in a storm, with dynamic lines suggesting wind and rain. The ship is rendered in yellow and blue tones against a dark, tumultuous sea, with a hint of a coastal landscape and a structure resembling a church in the background to the right. The artwork is signed in the lower left corner and has a series of inscriptions along the bottom edge.

A watercolor and ink drawing depicting an abstracted sailing ship caught in a storm, with dynamic lines suggesting wind and rain. The ship is rendered in yellow and blue tones against a dark, tumultuous sea, with a hint of a coastal landscape and a structure resembling a church in the background to the right. The artwork is signed in the lower left corner and has a series of inscriptions along the bottom edge.

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Date
1942

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Watercolor and pen and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 18 7/8in. (31.1 × 47.9 cm)

Accession number
42.35

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

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

API
artworks/593

Exhibitions

Lyonel Feininger: At the Edge of the World

June 30–Oct 16, 2011

Lyonel Feininger
7 works in the collection

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