Nationality
American
Artist Dates
1871-1956
Title of Work
Gelmeroda
Preview
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.