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Old Shell Backs

1918

Lyonel Feininger

(American, 1871–1956)
Culture
America
Medium
woodblock
Credit Line
Gift of Andreas Feininger, T. Lux Feininger and Father Laurence Feininger in honor of Leona E. Prasse 1975.208
Catalogue raisonné
Prasse, W 9
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
A dark brown woodblock carving depicts stylized, angular figures with sharp features. On the left stands a tall figure with a pointed head. Centrally, a seated figure wearing a peaked cap and striped clothing faces right. Another figure on the right extends a long, narrow object. Deeply gouged parallel lines and jagged marks create a composition of deep shadows and sharp shapes, defining the flattened, abstract forms of the scene.

Old Shell Backs

1918

Lyonel Feininger

(American, 1871–1956)
America

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