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Lyonel Feininger
Arcueil I1907

On view:
Broad Contemporary Art Museum, floor 3
Oil painting of three figures in full-length Victorian-era dress in cobalt blue and canary yellow, set against a dark blue building and arched viaduct, painted in loose, broken strokes
Verso of a framed canvas showing a cream-colored reverse side with a wooden stretcher, a black triangle orientation mark, two paper labels with typed and handwritten inscriptions, and a gallery sticker from Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York.
Artist or Maker
Lyonel Feininger
United States, New York, New York City, also active Germany and France, 1871-1956
Title
Arcueil I
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1907
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
26 7/8 × 21 in. (68.26 × 53.34 cm)
Credit Line
Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof
Accession Number
M.2005.70.24
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Curatorial Notes

Arcueil I and Village in Thuringia (to the left) reflect Lyonel Feininger’s persistent preoccupation with the geometric language of architecture. The figures in Arcueil I (the title of which refers to the suburb of Paris where the artist lived in 1906–7) appear similar to the towering structures in the painting’s background, with their stretched forms attenuated by tall hats echoed in the chimneys and spires beyond.


Wall label, 2021.

Provenance
The artist (1871-1956); to Dr. Hermann Klumpp (1902-1987), Quedlinburg, for safekeeping; Estate of the Artist; Julia Feininger (1880-1970), New York; Estate of Julia Feininger, New York; (Amt für Rechtsschutz des Vermӧgens der DDR, East Berlin for safekeeping); [Acquavella Galleries, New York, by 1985]; [Villa Grisebach Auktionen, Berlin, May 31, 1991, lot 15, bought in]; [Acquavella Galleries, New York]; sold in 1994 to Janice and Henri Lazarof, Los Angeles; given in 2005 to LACMA.
Selected Bibliography

  • Moeller, Achim. Lyonel Feininger: The Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings. "Die Schläferin (Julia), 1913," no. 122. Moeller Fine Art, 2018. Online catalogue raisonné, http://feiningerproject.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=240.