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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR67.17
People
Anni Albers, American (Berlin 1899 - 1994 Orange, Conn.)
Title
Drapery Material for the Wheeler Room, Harkness Commons, Harvard Graduate Center
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
1949
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222634

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Plain weave cotton, linen, and spun rayon curtain material in black and gold
Technique
Woven
Dimensions
274.3 × 129.5 cm (108 × 51 in.)
27.9 × 81.3 cm (11 × 32 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: l.r., red ink, printed: ANNI ALBERS FABRICS [red ink] No. 3 [handwritten in black ink] stapled to textile at l.r.; handwritten inscription added

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Collection of the artist (1949-1967), gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1967.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Anni Albers
Copyright
© The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1967
Object Number
BR67.17
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
There is currently no hanging mechanism (velcro or tube) for this textile. L. Lee, 2/2003

Publication History

  • Nicholas Fox Weber and Martin Filler, Josef and Anni Albers: Designs for Living, exh. cat., Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum and Merrell Publishers Ltd. (London and New York, 2004), cat. no. 104, p. 126, color illus.

Exhibition History

  • Josef and Anni Albers: Designs for Living, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, 10/01/2004 - 02/27/2005

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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