Nationality

American

Artist Dates

1871-1956

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Date of Work

1920 (printed 1958)

Medium

Woodcut

Height

21" (framed)

Width

17" (framed)

Collection/Provenance

Art & Design Study Collection: James Smith Pierce Collection

Status

Displayed: Fourth floor, Conference room E493, next to Office of the Dean

Location

School of Medicine & Health Sciences Building

Additional Information

During the early twentieth century, Feininger traveled between Germany and the United States, bringing new ideas about painting that he learned from the German Expressionists and invigorating modernist art in America. This work reflects the German Expressionists’ commitment to employing traditional materials in new ways—Feininger created a modern, geometric abstraction using a woodcut, one of the oldest printmaking techniques.

Part of the James Smith Pierce Collection.

Tag: JSP Estate Collection

Print Club Publication No. 36, 1958

Special Edition printed on Sekishu Natural Japanese handmade paper by the Spiral Press, NYC for the Print Club of Cleveland, Ohio.

Condition

Excellent

Rights

Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”

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