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The Virtuoso

1919

Lyonel Feininger

(American, 1871–1956)
Culture
America
Medium
Woodcut
Measurements
Image: 16.2 x 20.8 cm (6 3/8 x 8 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Gorden W. Hasse 1972.105
Catalogue raisonné
Prasse, W 181
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Feininger loved fine quality handmade papers, particularly those from Japan which are relatively soft and thus have a capacity for absorbing the ink, an essential quality in the printing of woodblocks. The resulting rich, deep, satisfying black of a successful proof is the ultimate in the fulfillment of a perfectly cut block. This impression of The Virtuoso, printed on yellow Japanese Kozo paper, is the only one known.

The Virtuoso

1919

Lyonel Feininger

(American, 1871–1956)
America

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