BRGA.12.2: Bauhaus Housing Development "Am Horn," Weimar, 1920-1922: Possibilities of combination, perspective of site, isometric, two plans, and model

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BRGA.12.2

People

Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA)

Title

Bauhaus Housing Development "Am Horn," Weimar, 1920-1922: Possibilities of combination, perspective of site, isometric, two plans, and model

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1920-1922

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/220889

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink and gelatin silver prints mounted to paper

Dimensions

35.7 x 74.5 cm (14 1/16 x 29 5/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Walter Gropius

Object Number

BRGA.12.2

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Barbara Happe, Haus Auerbach von Walter Gropius mit Adolf Meyer, Ernst Wasmuth Verlag (Tuebingen, 2003), fig. 3 & 4, details, b/w illus.
• Leyla Daybelge and Magnus Englund, Walter Gropius: An Illustrated Biography, Phaidon Press (London and New York, 2022), p. 70, fig. 29, ill. (b/w)

Exhibition History

• Bauhaus Utopien, Magyar Nemzeti Galeria, 03/09/1988 - 04/20/1988; Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, 05/07/1988 - 06/26/1988; Kunstverein Köln, Cologne, 07/15/1988 - 09/04/1988
• At the End of the Century: One Hundred Years of Architecture, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, 07/10/1998 - 09/06/1998; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Chicago, 11/24/1999 - 03/12/2000; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 04/16/2000 - 09/24/2000

Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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