Artist Monograph

Theodore Lux Feininger, American

American, born Germany. 1910–2011

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	6	85.7%
Oil Painting	1	14.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Photography	6	85.7%
Painting & Sculpture	1	14.3%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	5	71.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	28.6%

Range: 23.5 cm → 61.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1940	5
1947	1
1967	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 7 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Bauhaus Balconies Photograph Acc. 549.1967	c. 1928	Gelatin silver print	9 1/4 × 7" (23.5 × 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Philip Johnson
Cat and Wagon Photograph Acc. 113.1940	c. 1929	Gelatin silver print	7 × 9 3/8" (17.8 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Philip Johnson
From the Bauhaus Roof Photograph Acc. 562.1939	c. 1929	Gelatin silver print	14 3/8 × 11 7/16" (36.6 × 29.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Philip Johnson
Ladder and Peeling Wall Photograph Acc. 115.1940	c. 1929	Gelatin silver print	9 3/8 × 7" (23.8 × 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Philip Johnson
Male Torso Photograph Acc. 114.1940	c. 1929	Gelatin silver print	9 3/8 × 6 3/4" (23.8 × 17.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Philip Johnson
The Bauhaus Jazz Band Photograph Acc. 116.1940	c. 1929	Gelatin silver print	9 3/8 × 11 3/4" (23.8 × 29.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Philip Johnson
Ghosts of Engines Painting Acc. 309.1947	1946	Oil on canvas	20 1/8 x 24" (51.1 x 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Griffis Foundation