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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.188.4
People
Marcel Breuer, American (Pecs, Hungary 1902 - 1981 New York, N.Y., USA)
Title
Dormitory Furniture for Rhoads Hall, Bryn Mawr College: Shelving Unit
Classification
Furniture
Work Type
bookcase
Date
1938
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/191832

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Birch
Dimensions
60.9 x 183 x 20.4 cm (24 x 72 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Bryn Mawr College
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.188.4
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Marcel Breuer: A Special Installation of 1930s Furniture, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 08/10/2002 - 11/02/2003
  • Partners in Design: Alfred H. Barr Jr. and Philip Johnson, Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, 09/28/2016 - 12/18/2016

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

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