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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR50.101
People
Lucia Moholy, British (Prague, Czech Republic 1894 - 1989 Zurich, Switzerland)
Designer (production and costumes): Kurt Schmidt, German (Limbach, Saxony, Germany 1901 - 1991 Gera, Germany)
Title
Performer from the Play "Man at the Control Panel"
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Der Mann am Schaltbrett
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1924, printed c. 1950
Period
Modern
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/220434

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Modern gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 18.4 x 13.3 cm (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Printed by Busch-Reisinger Museum c. 1950 from original glass-plate negative which was given to the museum by Walter Gropius.

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
BR50.101
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Printed by Busch-Reisinger Museum ca. 1950 from original glass-plate negative.

Publication History

  • Rolf Sachsse and Sabine Hartmann, Lucia Moholy: Bauhaus Fotografin, Bauhaus-Archiv (Berlin, Germany, 1995), related to no. 288
  • Kathleen James-Chakraborty and Eva Forgas, Bauhaus: Art as Life, exh. cat., Barbican Art Gallery and Koenig Books Ltd (London, 2012), p. 204, fig. 179, ill.
  • Vincenzo De Bellis, ed., The Paradox of Stillness: Art, Object, and Performance, exh. cat., Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, 2020), pp. 87, 301, ill.

Exhibition History

  • HAA 1 Survey Course: Survey of World Art: Reproduction/Production, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/29/2005 - 04/10/2005
  • Bauhaus: Art as Life, Barbican Centre, London, 05/03/2012 - 08/12/2012
  • The Paradox of Stillness: Art, Object, and Performance, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 05/14/2021 - 08/08/2021

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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