BRGA.21.52: Bauhaus Masters' Housing, Dessau, 1925-1926: Director's house, entrance, view from north [architect: Walter Gropius]

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BRGA.21.52

People

Lucia Moholy, British (Prague, Czech Republic 1894 - 1989 Zurich, Switzerland)

Title

Bauhaus Masters' Housing, Dessau, 1925-1926: Director's house, entrance, view from north [architect: Walter Gropius]

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Meisterhäuser Dessau, Haus Gropius, Nord(Strassen)seite

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

c. 1926

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/217752

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gelatin silver print mounted on cream wove paper

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 16.5 x 22.6 cm (6 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.)
mount: 21.1 x 29.9 cm (8 5/16 x 11 3/4 in.)
sheet: 16.9 x 23 cm (6 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, u.r., in pencil:: lm I/119

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Sachsse 169

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.21.52

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Leyla Daybelge and Magnus Englund, Walter Gropius: An Illustrated Biography, Phaidon Press (London and New York, 2022), p. 95, fig. 17, ill. (b/w)

Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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