1953
watercolor
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1953 watercolor by Lyonel Feininger, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This sketch shows a rough, angular building perched on a steep cliff. The lines are shaky, like quick notes jotted down—some buildings are barely more than shadows. A winding road or path cuts down the cliffside, leading to a tiny dot that might be a person or just a mark. The title at the bottom reads *"Church on the Cliff,"* but it’s barely legible. The artist used thin ink lines over smudged watercolor, making it feel half-finished, almost like a draft. Check out Lyonel Feininger to see how he turned simple shapes into whole scenes.
Lyonel Charles Adrian Feininger was a German-American painter, and a leading exponent of Expressionism.
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