"Aluminum City" Housing, New Kensington, Pennsylvania, 1941-1942: Cover for blueprint set: revised July 30, 1941

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BRGA.94.1
People: Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA)
Title: "Aluminum City" Housing, New Kensington, Pennsylvania, 1941-1942: Cover for blueprint set: revised July 30, 1941
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1941-1942
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/165832

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Blueprint
Dimensions: sheet: 89.7 x 103.5 cm (35 5/16 x 40 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Walter Gropius
Object Number: BRGA.94.1
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Leyla Daybelge and Magnus Englund, Walter Gropius: An Illustrated Biography, Phaidon Press (London and New York, 2022), p. 236, fig. 41, ill. (color)

Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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