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Rooftops, Paris
Details
Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956)
Rooftops, Paris
dated 'Paris Sat. July 28th 1906' (upper right)
pencil on paper
8¼ x 11 in. (21 x 27.9 cm.)
Drawn in Paris on Saturday 28 July 1906
Rooftops, Paris
dated 'Paris Sat. July 28th 1906' (upper right)
pencil on paper
8¼ x 11 in. (21 x 27.9 cm.)
Drawn in Paris on Saturday 28 July 1906
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. 15 (illustrated p. 29); this exhibition later travelled to Paris, Biennale des Antiquaires, Grand Palais, September - October 1992.
Paris, Hôtel de Ville, Salle de Saint-Jean, Paris- Sous le ciel de la peinture, September - December 2000 (illustrated p. 170).
Paris, Hôtel de Ville, Salle de Saint-Jean, Paris- Sous le ciel de la peinture, September - December 2000 (illustrated p. 170).
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