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Lyonel Feininger
An Automobile is Coming Over The Bridge1929

Not on view
Black and white photograph of multiple light sources against a pitch-black background, with a long horizontal streak of light and glowing orbs of varying sizes
Artist or Maker
Lyonel Feininger
United States, New York, New York City, also active Germany and France, 1871-1956
Title
An Automobile is Coming Over The Bridge
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1929
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 7 × 9 1/4 in. (17.78 × 23.5 cm) Primary support: 7 × 9 1/4 in. (17.78 × 23.5 cm) Secondary support: 11 × 12 5/16 in. (27.94 × 31.27 cm) Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.768
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Salvesen, Britt. See the Light: Photography, Perception, Cognition: the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2013.
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn