- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- BRGA.22.7
- People
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Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA)
- Title
- Housing Development, Dessau-Törten, 1926-1928: Isometric Construction Scheme
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: Bauhaussiedlung Dessau-Törten: Konstruktionsaufbau
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1926-1928
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/220970
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Opaque watercolor with graphite over architectural photo reproduction (probably ferrogallic print) on off-white wove paper mounted to board with black linen tape borders
- Dimensions
- 68.3 x 81.4 cm (26 7/8 x 32 1/16 in.)
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Walter Gropius
- Object Number
- BRGA.22.7
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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- Publication History
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Hasan-Uddin Khan, International style : modernist architecture from 1925 to 1965, Taschen (Cologne, Germany, 1998), p. 98
Peter Gössel, ed., Architecture in the Twentieth Century, Tashen (Köln, 2001), p. 158, b/w illus.
Leah Dickerman and Barry Bergdoll, Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity, exh. cat., ed. David Frankel, Museum of Modern Art, New York (New York, 2009), cat. no. 310, p. 234, color repr.
Andreas Schwarting, Die Siedlung Dessau-Torten: Rationalitat als asthetisches Programm, Thelem (Dresden, Germany, 2010), p. 60, fig. 35, ill.
Morgan Ridler, "The Bauhaus Wall-Painting Workshop: Mural Painting to Wallpapering, Art to Product" (2016), p. 229-280
Magdalena Droste, Bauhaus 1919-1933, Taschen and Bauhaus-Archiv (Cologne, 2019), p. 212, ill. (color)
Magdalena Droste, Bauhaus 1919-1933 (mini version), Taschen and Bauhaus-Archiv (Cologne, 2019), p. 278, ill. (color)
Rainer Schützeichel, "Eintheilung der Gebäude': Vom Modul zum Baukasten", Hochschule München, Fakultät Architektur, Hochschule München, Fakultät für Architektur (Munich, 2021), n.p., ill. (color)
Leyla Daybelge and Magnus Englund, Walter Gropius: An Illustrated Biography, Phaidon Press (London and New York, 2022), p. 111, fig. 43, ill. (color)
- Exhibition History
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Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, 11/08/2009 - 01/25/2010
The Bauhaus and Harvard, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/08/2019 - 07/28/2019
- Subjects and Contexts
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The Bauhaus
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