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Lyonel Feininger
The gate1912

Not on view
Etching of a medieval gate tower over a stone bridge, with angular fragmented lines, radiating rays, small figures, and a glowing circular sun in a dark sky

Lyonel Feininger, The gate, 1912, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Lyonel Feininger
United States, New York, New York City, also active Germany and France, 1871-1956
Title
The gate
Place Made
Germany, Weimar
Date Made
1912
Medium
Etching on wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 16 1/8 x 12 5/8 in. (40.96 x 32.07 cm); Sheet: 16 9/16 x 12 5/8 in. (42.09 x 32.07 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.59
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

  • Reed, Orrel P., German expressionist art: the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection: prints, drawings, illustrated books, periodicals, posters. Exhibition Catalogue. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977.

  • Benson, Timothy O., et al. Expressionist Utopias: Paradise, Metropolis, Architectural Fantasy. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1993.

  • Benson, Timothy O. and Andrea Gyorody. A New Generation of Creators: Selections from The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2017.
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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