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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR50.62.B
People
Lucia Moholy, British (Prague, Czech Republic 1894 - 1989 Zurich, Switzerland)
Bookshelf by Josef Albers, American (Bottrop, Germany 1888 - 1976 New Haven, Conn.)
Title
Bookshelf (1923) in the Anteroom of the Bauhaus Weimar Administrative Offices
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Josef Albers Regal, Vorraum des Direktionszimmers
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1923, printed c. 1950
Period
Modern
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/220833

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Modern gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
25.4 x 20.4 cm (10 x 8 1/16 in.)

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
BR50.62.B
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.

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

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