id:			141315
accession number:	1964.53
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.53
updated:		2025-02-09 03:09:33.814000

The Motor Boat, 1931. Lyonel Feininger (American, 1871–1956). Oil on canvas; unframed: 45 x 77.5 cm (17 11/16 x 30 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Lyonel Feininger 1964.53 © 2007 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

title:				The Motor Boat
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creation date:			1931
creation date earliest:		1931
creation date latest:		1931
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Lyonel Feininger
copyright:			© 2007 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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culture:	America
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: Unframed: 45 x 77.5 cm (17 11/16 x 30 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed upper left: "Feininger 31"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Thirties Decade: American Artists and Their European Counterparts
	opening date:   1971-10-10T04:00:00
	<i>The Thirties Decade: American Artists and Their European Counterparts</i>. Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE (organizer) (October 10-November 28, 1971).

	title:		Circa 1930
	opening date:   1983-04-12T05:00:00
	<i>Circa 1930</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 12-October 31, 1983).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'The Lyonel Feininger Memorial Exhibition, 1959-61', 'opening_date': '1959-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	The artist
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	Mrs. Lyonel Feininger
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1964
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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 192
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n216

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 192
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n216

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 244
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n264

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