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Lyonel Feininger
1871-1956
Fifth Avenue, New York, Looking Eastward. Verso: Sketch of the same subject
1937
4 30/32 x 3 7/8 inches (125 x 99 mm)
Blue, brown, black and yellow crayon on wove paper; verso: black crayon.
1974.67:12
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Colin.
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Watermark: none.
The Sketch was developed into the painting "Manhattan I", Museum of Modern Art, New York.
The Sketch was developed into the painting "Manhattan I", Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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Dated by the artist in black chalk along left edge, "17 10 37"; later inscribed by the artist in blue ballpoint pen along lower edge, "these notes were taken from the top of fifth avenue bus, during transport through the avenue, looking eastward". Inscribed on verso in graphite at lower right, "2/33".
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Century Drawings
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