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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR48.94
People
Herbert Bayer, American (Haag, Austria 1900 - 1985 Santa Barbara, CA)
Title
Research in Development of Universal Type
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1927
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/225330

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and gouache on cream wove paper
Dimensions
37.5 x 60.4 cm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.l., graphite, German, in artist's hand: abbildung 1. alfabet. g und k ist noch als unfertig zu betrachten
  • inscription: l.r., graphite, German, in artist's hand: beispiel eines zeichnens in grösserem massta[b] präcise optische wirkung.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Herbert Bayer (1927-1948) gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of the artist
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1948
Object Number
BR48.94
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Leah Dickerman and Barry Bergdoll, Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity, exh. cat., ed. David Frankel, The Museum of Modern Art (New York, 2009), cat. no. 258, p. 200, color repr. p. 201
  • L'Esprit du Bauhaus, exh. cat., Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris and Foundation d'entreprise Hermès (Paris, 2016), p. 140, fig. 5, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

  • Bauhaus Art and Design, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/07/1982 - 10/30/1982
  • Bauhaus: Dessau-Chicago-New York, Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen, 08/12/2000 - 11/12/2000
  • Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 11/08/2009 - 01/25/2010
  • Bauhaus: Art as Life, Barbican Centre, London, 05/03/2012 - 08/12/2012

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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