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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
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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

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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