BRGA.20.56: Bauhaus Building, Dessau, 1925-1926: Detail of studio wing balcony

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BRGA.20.56

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: Detail of studio wing balcony

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Bauhausgebäude Dessau, Balkon am Atelierhaus

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1926

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/176580

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 16.5 x 12.3 cm (6 1/2 x 4 13/16 in.)
sheet: 18 x 13 cm (7 1/16 x 5 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• stamp: verso, u.r., purple ink: Foto Lucia Moholy-Dessau
• inscription: verso, c., graphite, German: Neubau des Bauhauses in Dessau / Balkon am Atelierhaus mit 28 Wohnateliers / Architekt: Walter Gropius / Foto: Lucia Moholy- Dessau / bitte zurück an:
• stamp: verso, l.r., purple ink, German: Dr Adolf Behne / Charlottenburg 1 / Grünstr. 16 / Aufgang II / Tel. Wilm.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Sachsse 150a

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Ise Gropius

Copyright

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Object Number

BRGA.20.56

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Rolf Sachsse and Sabine Hartmann, Lucia Moholy: Bauhaus Fotografin, Bauhaus-Archiv (Berlin, Germany, 1995), no. 150a
• L'Esprit du Bauhaus, exh. cat., Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris and Foundation d'entreprise Hermès (Paris, 2016), p. 175, fig. 3, ill.
• Laura Muir, Object Lessons: The Bauhaus and Harvard, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2021), pp. 254, 278, plate 20, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

• Dancing on the Roof: Photography at the Bauhaus (1923-1929), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 06/04/2001 - 08/26/2001
• The Bauhaus and Harvard, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/08/2019 - 07/28/2019
• Future Minded: New Works in the Collection, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/01/2024 - 07/21/2024

Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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