Sommerfeld Residence, Berlin, 1920-1921: Stained glass windows designed by Josef Albers

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BRGA.8.5
People: Unidentified Artist
Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA)
Title: Sommerfeld Residence, Berlin, 1920-1921: Stained glass windows designed by Josef Albers
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: c. 1920-1921
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/169033

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: sheet: 21.6 × 27.8 cm (8 1/2 × 10 15/16 in.)
image: 15.7 × 22.4 cm (6 3/16 × 8 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Walter Gropius,gift; to the Germanic Museum (later the Busch-Reisinger Museum.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Walter Gropius
Object Number: BRGA.8.5
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions: The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Publication History

Professor Wilfried Wang, ed., The Little Chapel in the Woods, University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas and Berlin, 2021), p. 66, fig. 25, ill.

Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Add to Collection

Log in to the Harvard Art Museums

BRGA.8.5: Sommerfeld Residence, Berlin, 1920-1921: Stained glass windows designed by Josef Albers