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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR52.329
People
Ernst Nipkow, German (active 1930s - )
Textile: Otti Berger, Yugoslav (Zmajevac, Hungary 1898 - 1944 Auschwitz, Poland)
Chair: Marcel Breuer, American (Pecs, Hungary 1902 - 1981 New York, N.Y., USA)
Title
Tubular Steel Furniture Cover Made from Plant Fibers
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
20th century
Period
Modern
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/217323

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 21.1 x 17.5 cm (8 5/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
sheet: 21.6 x 18.1 cm (8 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: verso, ink on paper, typewritten, German: Patented. Made for Professor Moholy-Nagy.
  • (not assigned): verso, in ink, center bottom: C 5.1.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Gropius
Accession Year
1952
Object Number
BR52.329
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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