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Backyard, Paris
Details
Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956)
Backyard, Paris
inscribed and dated 'PARIS SAT APR 20 07'(lower right)
black crayon and pencil on paper
9½ x 6 3/8 in. (24.1 x 16.2 cm.)
Executed in Paris on Saturday 20 April 1907
Backyard, Paris
inscribed and dated 'PARIS SAT APR 20 07'(lower right)
black crayon and pencil on paper
9½ x 6 3/8 in. (24.1 x 16.2 cm.)
Executed in Paris on Saturday 20 April 1907
Provenance
Alois Jakob Schardt, Halle, Berlin & Los Angeles, until 1955.
Private collection, by descent from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1985.
Private collection, by descent from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1985.
Exhibited
Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Feininger in Paris: Lyonel Feininger. Die Pariser Zeichnungen 1892-1911, June - August 1992, no. 33, (illustrated p. 47); this exhibition later travelled to Paris, Biennale Internationale des Antiquaires, Grand Palais, September - October 1992.
Paris, Hôtel de Ville, Salle Saint-Jean, Paris - Sous le ciel de la peinture, September - December 2000 (illustrated p. 169).
Paris, Hôtel de Ville, Salle Saint-Jean, Paris - Sous le ciel de la peinture, September - December 2000 (illustrated p. 169).
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