H. Francis Kortheuer collection of Lyonel Feininger letters, sketches, and clippings
name: label: Creator
content: Kortheuer, H. Francis
label: Creator
content: Feininger, Lyonel, 1871-1956
topic: label: Occupation
content: Cartoonists -- Germany
label: Occupation
content: Graphic artists -- United States
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Germany
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Germany
label: Topic
content: Expressionism (Art)
label: Topic
content: Graphic arts -- Germany
label: Topic
content: Graphic arts -- United States
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Germany
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Caricatures and cartoons
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1959 by Feininger's friend, H. Francis Kortheuer and his son, Dayrell Kortheuer, via art historians Ernst Scheyer and Hans Hess, both biographers of Feininger.
creator: label: Creator
content: Kortheuer, H. Francis
label: Creator
content: Feininger, Lyonel, 1871-1956
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: H. Francis Kortheuer was a longtime friend of Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956), d. 1959. Feininger was a painter, printmaker, cartoonist; New York, N.Y. and Berlin, Germany, born in the United States and moved to Germany. He was known as one of the masters of the Bauhaus.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (partial microfilm reel)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1887-1944
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.korth
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D5 and D29 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lenders, Dayrell Kortheuer and H. Francis Kortheuer, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters and postcards, many illustrated, from Lyonel Feininger to his good friend H. Francis Kortheuer, and a scrapbook kept by Kortheuer containing Feininger letters, drawings, photographs, and clippings of published cartoons from assorted German publications.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Lyonel Feininger papers also located at: Busch-Reisinger Museum of Germanic Culture, Harvard Universtiy, Cambridge, Mass.