BRGA.24.108: Total Theater for Erwin Piscator, Berlin, 1927: Longitudinal section

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BRGA.24.108

People

Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA)

Title

Total Theater for Erwin Piscator, Berlin, 1927: Longitudinal section

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1927

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/219370

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor, gouache, ink, graphite, and applied type on paper

Dimensions

72.1 x 98.8 cm (28 3/8 x 38 7/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Walter Gropius

Object Number

BRGA.24.108

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• From Werkbund to Bauhaus: Art and Design in Germany 1900-1934, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1980 - 04/26/1980
• Works from the 20th Century Collection of the Busch-Reisinger, Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 09/23/1980 - 10/24/1980
• Art of the Weimar Era, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 04/05/1982 - 05/22/1982
• Deutsche Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus dem Busch-Reisinger Museum, Stadtische Galerie im Stadelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, 10/23/1982 - 01/16/1983; Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin 30, 02/10/1983 - 04/17/1983; Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 05/08/1983 - 06/26/1983
• Walter Gropius' Total Theater Design of 1927: "A Variable Theater-Instrument", Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge
• Arti & Archittetura, 1900-2000, Palazzo Ducale, Genova, Genova, 10/02/2004 - 02/13/2005

Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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