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Lyonel Feininger: Dawn of a New Day

Murals for the 1939 New York World's Fair

February 13 – April 13, 2012

'Marine Transportation Building'

installation shot by Hans-Georg Gaul
"Marine Transportation Building"

installation shot by Hans-Georg Gaul
Design for Rear Wall of Marine Transportation Building (M T), World’s Fair New York 1939, 1938
Watercolor, crayon and pencil on paper
9 3/8 x 12 7/16 in. (23.9 x 31.5 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: Feininger, 1938
Titled lower center: Design for rear Wall of Marine Transportation Building (“M T”) „World’s Fair New York 1939”
Inscribed lower left: DOOR
Inscribed center right: 40 FEET,
Inscribed bottom right: Scale : 1 Inch = 5 Feet 1” : 60“
(Double-funneled Liner, two Sailing Boats, Wind Rose and Nautical Flags), 1938
Watercolor and pen and ink on paper
9 3/8 x 24 3/4 in. (23.9 x 63 cm)
Marine Transportation, 1938
Watercolor and pen and ink on paper
9 3/8 x 24 3/4 in. (23.8 x 62.9 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: Feininger, 1938
Titled bottom left: Marine Transportation
(Double-funneled Liner, Sailing-ships and Nautical Flags), 1938
Watercolor and pen and ink on paper
7 7/16 x 24 13/16 in. (19 x 63 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: Feininger 1938
(Steamers and Sailing-ship in Turbulent Sea), 1938
Charcoal on paper
9 ½ x 24 7/8 in. (24.2 x 63.2 cm)
Sketch for Mural, 1938, 1938
Watercolor and pen and ink on paper
9 7/8 x 24 13/16 in. (23.9 x 63 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: Feininger 1938
Titled bottom left: Sketch for Mural, 1938
"Marine Transportation Building"

installation shot by Hans-Georg Gaul
"Masterpieces of Art Building"

installation shot by Hans-Georg Gaul
Masterpieces of Art, Mural Design, 1939
Watercolor and pen and ink on paper
6 3/16 x 25 5/16 in. (15.7 x 64.3 cm)
Signed, dated and titled lower left Feininger 1939 „Masterpieces of Art” – Mural Design,
(Landscape framed by Arches), 1939
Watercolor, crayon and ink on paper
9 ¼ x 50 in. (23.5 x 127 cm)
Signed lower left: Feininger
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