Total Theater for Erwin Piscator, Berlin, 1927: Example 3, proscenium: floor plan and interior perspective

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BRGA.24.88
People: Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA)
Title: Total Theater for Erwin Piscator, Berlin, 1927: Example 3, proscenium: floor plan and interior perspective
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1927
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/219384

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Black and colored inks, applied type, and typewritten text on paper
Dimensions: 80.4 x 105.5 cm (31 5/8 x 41 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Walter Gropius
Object Number: BRGA.24.88
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
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Exhibition History

Walter Gropius' Total Theater Design of 1927: "A Variable Theater-Instrument", Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge

Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

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