BRGA.21.48: Bauhaus Masters' Housing, Dessau, 1925-1926: Lucia Moholy and László Moholy-Nagy's Bedroom with Moholy-Nagy's painting "Composition Q1 suprematist" (1923)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BRGA.21.48

People

Lucia Moholy, British (Prague, Czech Republic 1894 - 1989 Zurich, Switzerland)
Architect: Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA)

Title

Bauhaus Masters' Housing, Dessau, 1925-1926: Lucia Moholy and László Moholy-Nagy's Bedroom with Moholy-Nagy's painting "Composition Q1 suprematist" (1923)

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

c. 1927-1928

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/217805

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gelatin silver print with added coloring

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 16.5 x 22.1 cm (6 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.)
sheet: 17 x 22.6 cm (6 11/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• stamp: verso, l.r., black ink, German: Keine Reproducktion ohne Erlaubnis
  Lucia Moholy Dessau

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Sachsse 212

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.21.48

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Gabriele Kolber, Leben am Bauhaus: die Meisterhäuser in Dessau (Munich, 1993), p. 58

Exhibition History

• The Bauhaus and Harvard, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/08/2019 - 07/28/2019

Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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