Bauhaus Building, Dessau, 1925-1926: South face

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BRGA.20.58
People: Lucia Moholy, British (Prague, Czech Republic 1894 - 1989 Zurich, Switzerland)
Architect: Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA)
Title: Bauhaus Building, Dessau, 1925-1926: South face
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Bauhausgebäude Dessau, "Südseite"
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: 1927, printed later
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/172655

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Modern gelatin silver print

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

sheet: 12.6 x 21.5 cm (4 15/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: on verso, u.c., blue ink: "Bauhaus" Dessau, 1925 / Walter Gropius
stamp: verso, l.r., black ink: Walter Gropius, Registered Architect, Cambridge

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Sachsse 135

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Ise Gropius
Object Number: BRGA.20.58
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Rolf Sachsse and Sabine Hartmann, Lucia Moholy: Bauhaus Fotografin, Bauhaus-Archiv (Berlin, Germany, 1995), no. 135

Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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BRGA.20.58: Bauhaus Building, Dessau, 1925-1926: South face