On the Seawall

Artist Lyonel Feininger American, 1871 - 1956

Date1921 (block cut)

MediumWoodcut print, laid paper

DimensionsPlate mark: 6 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.
Sheet: 11 x 12 in. (27.9 x 30.5 cm)
Matboard: 12 1/2 x 14 in. (31.8 x 35.6 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineBequest to The Murray Collection in memory of Terry A. Murray

Object number2010.5.1

On View

Not on view

Collections

Modern and Contemporary Art
Works on Paper

SignedLL, outside the block, in pencil, bold cursive: "Lyonel Feininger"

InscribedOn frame backing, label printed in dark blue: "ARTISTIC/PICTURE FRAMING/GRAND CENTRAL/ ARTIST'S MATERIALS INC./ 45 Vanderbilt Ave. New York 17, N.Y." Also on back, in pencil: "2722"

DescriptionFour figures on a stone seawall in the foreground, three with long fishing poles. A large engine-driven ship in the right foreground, two sailing ships in the left background.

This image is quite similar to the other Feininger woodcut in the Murray collection, 1992.1.1, although this image is comparatively more detailed, while the latter is more monolithic.

Translucent cream-colored tissue-like laid paper mounted on a darker tan paper backing. The image sheet is so lightweight that it is colored by the backing. However, it is not a blue-grey as appears in the present TMS record photo(2/2010). The paper is so thin that the ink soaks through to the back leaving a complete image with shadows of the wood grain from the printing block.

Examined unframed JES 2/11/2010.

Exhibition HistoryWest Meets East: Prints from the Permanent Collection, Wood Gallery, The Hyde Collection, November 4, 2018 - December 30, 2018

"What's New? Recent Acquisitions 2008-2010", Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, March 3 - May 29, 2011.ProvenanceCollection of Jane S. Murray, New York, NY; by bequest to The Hyde Collection 2009.