The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Manhattan I (Stone 2)
1951
(American, 1871–1956)
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Catalogue raisonné: Prasse, L 16
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
This print is one of a series of works, including paintings, prints, and drawings, in which Lyonel Feininger depicted Manhattan.Description
Lyonel Feininger spent much of his life in Europe, where he discovered the Cubism of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. The flattened, interlocking geometric planes of these artists’ work (examples of which are on view nearby) deeply influenced the hundreds of prints he made in the following decades. Facing growing persecution from the Nazis, Feininger fled Germany and returned to New York, his birthplace, in 1937. There, he made numerous abstract cityscapes punctuated by skyscrapers. Feininger contrasted fine lines with gradated areas of tone to enhance the impact of the massive central building.- ?-1952Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH1952-Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Print Club of Cleveland, Lyonel Feininger, Frederick S. Wight, and Leona E. Prasse.neThe Work of Lyol Feininger: Catalogue of an Exhibition. 1951. Mentioned: p.26, cat. 243 archive.org
- A Lasting Impression: Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-September 22, 2019).Lyonel Feininger 1871-1956: Prints and Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 16-March 20, 1960).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1952.33