Prefabricated Copper Houses, 1931-1932: Construction

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BRGA.57.249.B
People: Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA)
Unidentified Artist
Title: Prefabricated Copper Houses, 1931-1932: Construction
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: c. 1931-1932
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/167523

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: sheet: 16.5 x 24.4 cm (6 1/2 x 9 5/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Walter Gropius
Object Number: BRGA.57.249.B
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 107
Alexandra Druzynski von Boetticher, "Der große Baukasten: Fertighäuser aus Kupfer in Eberswalde", Architectura, Deutscher Kunstverlag (Berlin and Munich, 2021), vol. 51, no. 1, p. 24, fig. 19, ill. (b/w)

Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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