BR49.737: Bauhaus Books No. 1: "International Architecture" by Walter Gropius

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR49.737

People

Layout by László Moholy-Nagy, American (Bacsborsod, Hungary 1895 - 1946 Chicago, Ill., USA)
Cover design by Farkas Molnár, Hungarian (Pecs, Hungary 1897 - 1945 Budapest, Hungary)

Title

Bauhaus Books No. 1: "International Architecture" by Walter Gropius

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Bauhaus Bücher 1: Walter Gropius: "Internationale Architektur"

Classification

Books

Work Type

book

Date

1924

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/217322

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and red inks on coated off-white wove paper, rebound with hardcover

Technique

Letterpress and relief halftone

Dimensions

22.7 x 18.6 x 1.2 cm (8 15/16 x 7 5/16 x 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Kuno Francke Memorial Fund

Accession Year

1949

Object Number

BR49.737

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

The volume was re-bound in a hard cover with off-white laid endpapers. Printed in copper lettering on the spine: Gropius, Architektur. It is probable that the book was originally bound with a softcover, the hard cover being added for protection.

Exhibition History

• Bauhaus Art and Design, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/07/1982 - 10/30/1982

Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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