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accession number: 1960.180
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Markwippach, 1917. Lyonel Feininger (American, 1871-1956). 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 © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
title: Markwippach
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creation date: 1917
creation date earliest: 1917
creation date latest: 1917
current location: 225 German Expressionism & Surrealism
creditline: Gift of Mrs. Lyonel Feininger
copyright: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: American Painting and Sculpture
collection: American - Painting
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Lyonel Feininger (American, 1871-1956) - artist
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measurements: 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.)
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inscription: Signed upper left: "Feininger / 17"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty
opening date: 1960-11-30T05:00:00
Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).
title: Lyonel Feininger, 1871-1956: A Memorial Exhibition
opening date: 1966-04-26T04:00:00
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).
title: Lyonel Feininger - From Gelmeroda to Manhattan
opening date: 1998-07-03T00:00:00
Lyonel Feininger - From Gelmeroda to Manhattan. Neue Nationalgalerie (organizer) (July 3-October 14, 1998); Haus der Kunst, Munich (November 1, 1998-January 24, 1999).
title: Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2006-05-27T00:00:00
Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Lyonel Feininger. Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, NY: (date of exhibition unknown).
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* Lyonel Feininger. Buchholz Gallery and Willard Gallery, New York, NY (March 11-29, 1941).
* 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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PROVENANCE
Mrs. Lyonel Feininger [1880-1970], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 1960
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1960-
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Feininger based this painting on his sketches of the small German village of Markwippach, where he frequently hiked through the countryside. The composition weds intense, expressionist color with the flattened, fragmented planes of Cubism to create a dynamic, imaginary view of the village revolving around a church. Painted during World War I, and suggesting a village both destroyed and reconstructed, Feininger conveys the utopian desire of the German Expressionists to remake the world.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art XLVII, no. 67 (December 1960): 235.
page number: Reproduced: p. 235
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Lurie, Ann Tzeutschler. "Lyonel Feininger: Markwippach" The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art XLVIII, no. 4 (April 1961): 72-75.
page number: Reproduced: p. 72
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Hess, Hans, and Lyonel Feininger. Lyonel Feininger. New York, NY: Abrams, 1961.
page number: Reproduced: pl 7
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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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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 193
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n217
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/
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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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 244
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n264
The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LXVIII (February 1981):43.
page number: Reproduced: p. 43
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März, Roland. Lyonel Feininger: von Gelmeroda nach Manhattan : Retrospektive der Gemälde. Berlin, Germany: G+H Verlag, 1998.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 100-101
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Egging, Björn, and Steven Lindberg. Becoming a Bauhaus artist: Lyonel Feininger, woodcuts. Bielefeld, Germany: Kerber, 2013.
page number: Reproduced: p. 76
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