BRGA.22.3: Housing Development, Dessau-Törten, 1926-1928: Interior color scheme, isometric

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BRGA.22.3

People

Fritz Kuhr, Belgian (Lüttich/Liege, Belgium 1899 - 1975 Berlin, Germany)
Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA)

Title

Housing Development, Dessau-Törten, 1926-1928: Interior color scheme, isometric

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1926-1928

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/220953

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite, black ink, and gouache, collaged typewritten labels, on tan wove paper

Dimensions

41.6 x 59.5 cm (16 3/8 x 23 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: in black ink at l.r.: Kuhr
• label: l.l., black ink, typewritten, German: stadtsiedlung törten
  sietö 2 farbplan blatt 1.
• stamp: l.r., purple ink, German: BAUHAUS IN DESSAU.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

BRGA.22.3

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Andreas Schwarting, Die Siedlung Dessau-Torten: Rationalitat als asthetisches Programm, Thelem (Dresden, Germany, 2010), p. 104, fig. 76, ill.
• Morgan Ridler, "The Bauhaus Wall-Painting Workshop: Mural Painting to Wallpapering, Art to Product" (2016), p. 229-280

Exhibition History

• Deutsche Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus dem Busch-Reisinger Museum, Stadtische Galerie im Stadelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, 10/23/1982 - 01/16/1983; Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin 30, 02/10/1983 - 04/17/1983; Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 05/08/1983 - 06/26/1983

Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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