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Museum Folkwang Essen

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André Derain, Still Life, 1913, oil on canvas, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman, 1972.9.10

Still Life

André Derain · 1913 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1972.9.10

Sharp, angular forms in shades of laurel, bottle, and moss green, bronze and honey brown, turquoise, and steel gray are fragmented and faceted in this kaleidoscopic, abstract, vertical painting. The gray forms are near the center, and the ochre-brown forms are along the right third of the canvas. A few glints of dark yellow and rust orange are across the bottom, and the rest is filled in with earthy and cool greens. Each form is broken into strips, rays, or bands. The brown and gray areas come to points, like pitched roofs, and one parchment-white shape near the bottom right corner could be a building. The artist signed the lower right corner, “Feininger.”
Lyonel Feininger, Street of Barns, 1914, oil on canvas, Collection of Arnold and Joan Saltzman, 2001.129.1

Street of Barns

Lyonel Feininger · 1914 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2001.129.1