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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR50.83.A
People
Lucia Moholy, British (Prague, Czech Republic 1894 - 1989 Zurich, Switzerland)
Designer: Josef Hartwig, German (Munich, Germany 1880 - 1955 Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Title
Bauhaus Chess
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1924, printed c. 1950
Period
Modern
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/220373

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Modern gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Sachsse 242

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Walter Gropius
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1950
Object Number
BR50.83.A
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The 32 pieces of this chess set in the photograph are the same version as BR49.576.A-FF. Photograph printed by Busch-Reisinger Museum ca. 1950 from original glass-plate negative.

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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