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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BRGA.20.3
People
Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA)
Title
Bauhaus Building, Dessau, 1925-1926: First floor plan
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Bauhausneubau Dessau, 1. Obergeschoss
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1925-1926
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/176183

Physical Descriptions

Medium
photomechanical print with yellow wash on cream wove paper, mounted overall to gray board
Technique
Photomechanical print
Dimensions
sheet: 45.4 x 59.3 cm (17 7/8 x 23 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: l.r., ink, typewritten, German: w. gropius: / bauhausneubau dessau / 1. obergeschoss
  • stamp: verso, l.r., black-purple ink, German: bauatelier gropius / blatt nr. 5

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Walter Gropius
Object Number
BRGA.20.3
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Margret Kentgens-Craing, ed., The Dessau Bauhaus Building, 1926-1999, Birkhäuser (Basel, Switzerland, 1998), p. 15, bottom

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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