Harvard Art Museums > BRGA.24.32: Total Theater for Erwin Piscator, Berlin, 1927: View into shell: View from below of the dome structure (blue); the rings and hanging stage (yellow); view of the rings (red) Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Total Theater for Erwin Piscator, Berlin, 1927: View into shell: View from below of the dome structure (blue); the rings and hanging stage (yellow); view of the rings (red) (Walter Gropius) , BRGA.24.32,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/169410. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number BRGA.24.32 People Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA) Title Total Theater for Erwin Piscator, Berlin, 1927: View into shell: View from below of the dome structure (blue); the rings and hanging stage (yellow); view of the rings (red) Other Titles Original Language Title: UNTERANSICHT DER NETZWERK KUPFEL/BLAU/DER RINGE UND HAENEBUEHNE/GELB/ANSICHT DER RINGE/ROT/ Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1927 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/169410 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite and wash on paper Dimensions 63.2 x 57.9 cm (24 7/8 x 22 13/16 in.) frame: 82.2 x 76.2 x 2.2 cm (32 3/8 x 30 x 7/8 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Walter Gropius Object Number BRGA.24.32 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 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. 103 Leyla Daybelge and Magnus Englund, Walter Gropius: An Illustrated Biography, Phaidon Press (London and New York, 2022), p. 120, fig. 58, ill. (color) Exhibition History Walter Gropius' Total Theater Design of 1927: "A Variable Theater-Instrument", Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge Modell Bauhaus, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin-Kreuzberg, 07/22/2009 - 10/04/2009 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
