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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BRGA.22.4
People
Fritz Kuhr, Belgian (Lüttich/Liege, Belgium 1899 - 1975 Berlin, Germany)
Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA)
Title
Housing Development, Dessau-Törten, 1926-1928: Color scheme for walls and ceilings
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1926-1928
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/176375

Physical Descriptions

Medium
graphite, gouache, and collaged typewritten labels, on cream wove paper, tracing sheet attached
Dimensions
42 x 59.6 cm (16 9/16 x 23 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in black ink at l.r.: Kuhr
  • stamp: l.r., purple ink: Bauhaus Dessau
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: [illegible second signature:]
    Manschinsky[?]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Walter Gropius
Object Number
BRGA.22.4
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Andreas Schwarting, Die Siedlung Dessau-Torten: Rationalitat als asthetisches Programm, Thelem (Dresden, Germany, 2010), p. 105, fig. 77, ill.
  • Morgan Ridler, "The Bauhaus Wall-Painting Workshop: Mural Painting to Wallpapering, Art to Product" (2016), p. 229-280

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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