Harvard Art Museums > BR56.255: House of the White Man, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio I: Masters of the State Bauhaus in Weimar" Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Add to Collection Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"House of the White Man, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio I: Masters of the State Bauhaus in Weimar" (Johannes Itten) , BR56.255,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/223538. Identification and Creation Object Number BR56.255 People Johannes Itten, Swiss (Süderen-Linden, Switzerland 1888 - 1967 Zurich, Switzerland) Title House of the White Man, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio I: Masters of the State Bauhaus in Weimar" Other Titles Original Language Title: Haus des weissen Mannes, aus Bauhaus Mappe "Neue Europäische Graphik, Erste Mappe: Meister d. Staatlichen Bauhauses in Weimar" Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1921 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/223538 Physical Descriptions Medium Lithograph printed in black ink on off-white wove paper Technique Lithograph Dimensions stone: 30.2 x 24.1 cm (11 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.) sheet: 35.1 x 28.3 cm (13 13/16 x 11 1/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: in graphite at l.r.: Itten State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Edition AP VIII/XX Standard Reference Number Wingler I/4 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Julia Feininger Accession Year 1956 Object Number BR56.255 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Exhibition History From Werkbund to Bauhaus: Art and Design in Germany 1900-1934, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1980 - 04/26/1980 Bauhaus Art and Design, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/07/1982 - 10/30/1982 A Tribute to Walter Gropius, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/16/1983 - 07/01/1983 The Graphic Legacy of Paul Klee, Blum Art Institute, New York, 10/24/1983 - 12/27/1983 Subjects and Contexts The Bauhaus Related Works BR56.254 Johannes Itten Dictum, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio I: Masters of the State Bauhaus in Weimar" Prints BR56.256 Paul Klee The Saint of the Inner Light, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio I: Masters of the State Bauhaus in Weimar" Prints Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
