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"tombstone": "Markwippach, 1917. Lyonel Feininger (American, 1871\u20131956). Oil on canvas; framed: 94 x 114 x 6.4 cm (37 x 44 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.); unframed: 80.6 x 101 cm (31 3/4 x 39 3/4 in.); former: 94 x 114 x 5.5 cm (37 x 44 7/8 x 2 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Lyonel Feininger, 1960.180. \u00a9 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn",
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"inscription": "Signed upper left: \"Feininger / 17\"",
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"title": "Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty",
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"title": "Lyonel Feininger, 1871-1956: A Memorial Exhibition",
"description": "Lyonel Feininger, 1871-1956: A Memorial Exhibition. Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL (April 26-May 29, 1966); Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI (July 10-August 11, 1966); The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (September 7-October 23, 1966).",
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"title": "Lyonel Feininger - From Gelmeroda to Manhattan",
"description": "Lyonel Feininger - From Gelmeroda to Manhattan. Neue Nationalgalerie (organizer) (July 3-October 14, 1998); Haus der Kunst, Munich (November 1, 1998-January 24, 1999).",
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"title": "Monet to Dal\u00ed: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art",
"description": "Monet to Dal\u00ed: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008).",
"opening_date": "2006-05-27T00:00:00"
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"description": "Lyonel Feininger. Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, NY: (date of exhibition unknown).",
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"description": "Lyonel Feininger. Buchholz Gallery and Willard Gallery, New York, NY (March 11-29, 1941).",
"opening_date": "1941-03-11T05:00:00Z"
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"description": "Lyonel Feininger Memorial Exhibition, 1959-61, American Tour. San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA (November 6-December 13, 1959); Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnsapolis, MN (January 6-February 7, 1960); Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 18-March 20, 1960); Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (April 8-May 8, 1960); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (May 19-June 26, 1960).",
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"did_you_know": "Lyonel Feininger's son Andreas was a noted photographer whose works are also in the Cleveland Museum of Art.",
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"description": "An American artist who spent much of his early career in Germany, Lyonel Feininger based this composition on sketches he made while hiking near the central German village of Markvippach, as it is properly spelled. Dominated by a church tower, the village\u2019s skyline is rendered through angular, prismlike forms. Two years earlier in this region, the artist encountered his first peacock, describing the experience as \u201cquite mystical\u2014I shall never forget the impression.\u201d Later in life, Feininger referred to Markwippach as his \u201cpeacock picture,\u201d and its palette of bold blues, greens, and golds likely references the bird.",
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"citation": "The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art XLVII, no. 67 (December 1960): 235.",
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"citation": "Lurie, Ann Tzeutschler. \"Lyonel Feininger: Markwippach\" The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art XLVIII, no. 4 (April 1961): 72-75.",
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"citation": "Hess, Hans, and Lyonel Feininger. Lyonel Feininger. New York, NY: Abrams, 1961.",
"page_number": "Mentioned, pp 78, 263; reproduced: p. 83.",
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"citation": "Christensen, Erwin O. A Guide to Art Museums in the United States. New York, NY: Dodd, Mead, 1968.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 168",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.",
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. Art of the Twentieth Century in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Dept. of Art History & Education, CMA, 1969.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 3",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/20thCenturyArtCMA/page/n3/"
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"citation": "Hunter, Sam, and John M. Jacobus. American Art of the 20th Century: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture. New York, NY: H.N. Abrams, 1973.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: no. 222",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.",
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"citation": "The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LXVIII (February 1981):43.",
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"citation": "Ma\u0308rz, Roland. Lyonel Feininger: von Gelmeroda nach Manhattan : Retrospektive der Gema\u0308lde. Berlin, Germany: G+H Verlag, 1998.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 100-101",
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"citation": "Egging, Bjo\u0308rn, and Steven Lindberg. Becoming a Bauhaus artist: Lyonel Feininger, woodcuts. Bielefeld, Germany: Kerber, 2013.",
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