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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR58.185
People
Herbert Bayer, American (Haag, Austria 1900 - 1985 Santa Barbara, CA)
Title
Metamorphosis
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Fotoplastiken
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1936 (printed later)
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219852

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 28.2 x 37.4 cm (11 1/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
sheet: 39.7 x 49.7 cm (15 5/8 x 19 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: recto, b.r., in black ink: bayer

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Lydia Dorner in memory of Dr. Alexander Dorner
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
BR58.185
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jeannine Fiedler, Photography at the Bauhaus, exh. cat., MIT Press (Cambridge, Mass., 1990), p.298, no. 90

Exhibition History

  • Works from the 20th Century Collection of the Busch-Reisinger, Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 09/23/1980 - 10/24/1980

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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