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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR48.80.A-E
People
Herbert Bayer, American (Haag, Austria 1900 - 1985 Santa Barbara, CA)
Erich Consemüller, German (Bielefeld, Germany 1902 - 1957 Halle/Saale, Germany)
Title
Breuer Metal Furniture (Pamphlet for Standard Möbel, Lengyel & Co., Berlin)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Breuer Metal Furniture
Original Language Title: Breuermetallmöbel
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1927
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/220009

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and gray inks on 5 sheets of off-white wove paper
Technique
Relief halftone
Dimensions
14.9 x 21.2 cm (5 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
sheet .D: 14.9 x 21 cm (5 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
sheet .C: 14.9 x 20.8 cm (5 7/8 x 8 3/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of the artist
Copyright
© multiple artists
Accession Year
1948
Object Number
BR48.80.A-E
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
.A Breuermetallmöbel; verso: text
.B text; verso: text
.C B1; verso: B2
.D B2 (extra sheet?)
.E B3; verso: B4
all sheets except .D are double-sided

Exhibition History

  • From Werkbund to Bauhaus: Art and Design in Germany 1900-1934, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1980 - 04/26/1980
  • The Bauhaus Workshops: 1919-1933, American Craft Museum, New York, 06/29/1994 - 09/12/1994

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

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Verification Level

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