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Exhibition History"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection,"organized and circulated by the Waterloo Municipal Galleries, sponsored by the National Bank of Waterloo, Oct. 24 - Nov. 20, 1983, (circulated to: Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Jan.15 - Feb. 26, 1984; Muscatine Art Center, April 1 - May 13, 1984; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, May 27 - July 1, 1984; Sioux City Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 26, 1984)

"The Kirsch Years 1936-1958," a testimonial exhibition assembled from the collections of the Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 7 - Feb. 10, 1974; Sheldon Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Feb. 25 - Mar. 31, 1974

"Art in Iowa and the Quad Cities," Municipal Art Gallery, Davenport, May 27 - June 25, 1967

"Focus," Memorial Union Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, Mar. 10 - Apr. 7, 1963

"The Painting of Light," Des Moines Art Center, Mar. 3 - 31, 1960

"Art Day," Winterset, IA, July 25, 1959

"American Painting 1954," Curated by Dwight Kirsch at the Virginia Museum, Richmond, Feb. 26 - Mar. 21, 1954, (circulated to: Des Moines Art Center, Apr. 4 - May 2, 1954)
Published References"Art In Iowa and the Quad Cities," Municipal Art Gallery, Davenport, 1967, exh. cat. no.19

"The Kirsch Years: 1936 - 1958," Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, 1974, exh. cat. no.18

"Focus," Iowa State University, Ames, 1963, exh. cat. no.5, ill.

"American Painting," Virginia Museum, Richmond, 1954, exh. cat. ref.

"The Painting of Light," Des Moines Art Center, 1960, exh. cat. no.35

"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," Waterloo Municipal Galleries, IA, 1983, exh. cat. no.13

DES MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER, Apr. 4, 1954, ill.

DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.68 & 69, b/w ill. pl.49, p.69

Hans Hess, LYONEL FEININGER, NY, 1959, ref. no.507, ill. p.297
DimensionsOverall: 18 × 28 in. (45.7 × 71.1 cm)
Accession Number 1954.26
Classificationspainting
CopyrightARS
SignedFeininger (l,l oil paint)
ProvenanceArtist. (Curt Valentin Gallery, Inc., N. Y.); Des Moines Art Center [purchased from previous, 1954]
Gay Passage
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Lyonel Feininger
1918
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Lyonel Feininger
1918
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Lyonel Feininger
1945
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Lyonel Feininger
1919
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Walter Wellington Quirt
1951
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Gardner George Symons
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Ralph Albert Blakelock
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Roy Lichtenstein
1969
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Agnes Pelton
1928