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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR52.337
People
Ernst Nipkow, German (active 1930s - )
Textile: Otti Berger, Yugoslav (Zmajevac, Hungary (present day Croatia) 1898 - 1944 Auschwitz, Poland)
Title
Wall covering of plant fibers
Other Titles
Former Title: Textile
Original Language Title: Wandbespannung aus einer Planzenfaser. Zum Patent angemeldet. Ausgeführt: für Herrn Hilberseimer, Haus am Ruppenhorn
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1930-1944
Period
Modern
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223639

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 23.4 × 17.2 cm (9 3/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
sheet: 24.4 × 17.8 cm (9 5/8 × 7 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, in ink: C 5.5.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Gropius
Accession Year
1952
Object Number
BR52.337
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Berger designed this fabric for villa no. 9 at Berlin's Siedlung Rupenhorn, which was designed by Ludwig Hilberseimer and completed in 1929.

Verification Level

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