A modernist rendering of a structure with panels for advertising
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A kiosk, two stories high, is rendered in clean black lines and panes of bold colors, devoid of any embellishment. Thin intersecting panels support a long rectangular roof. More intersecting panels project upward from this roof and are variously colored black, red, blue or yellow. A long yellow panel running lengthwise on the roof bears the words “AMERICAN LINE”. Suspended from the roof below that, a sign wraps around three sides of the kiosk and visible on the side facing us is the word “SCHOKOLADE”. Below that, at ground level, a bench similarly wraps around three sides of the structure.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR48.100
People
Herbert Bayer, American (Haag, Austria 1900 - 1985 Santa Barbara, CA)
Title
Design for Kiosk and Display Boards
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Entwurf für eine offene Wartehalle mit Kiosk
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1924
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/225348

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gouache, black ink, graphite, and collage elements on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 52.7 x 48.4 cm (20 3/4 x 19 1/16 in.)
frame: 74 x 58.7 x 2.5 cm (29 1/8 x 23 1/8 x 1 in.)

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
BR48.100
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Das A und O des Bauhauses : Bauhauswerbung: Schriftbilder, Drucksachen, Ausstellungsdesign, exh. cat., Bauhaus-Archiv (Berlin, Germany, 1995), p. 237, cat. no. 400, fig. no. 315
  • Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 131
  • 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. 229, p. 180, color repr.
  • Ansgar Steinhausen, "Bauhaus Serie Teil 4 Herbert Bayer: Tapeten, Typo, Tafelbilder", Häuser, Gruner + Jahr GmbH (Hamburg, 2019), No. 3, pp. 76-81, p. 78, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

  • From Werkbund to Bauhaus: Art and Design in Germany 1900-1934, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1980 - 04/26/1980
  • Art of the Weimar Era, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 04/05/1982 - 05/22/1982
  • Bauhaus Art and Design, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/07/1982 - 10/30/1982
  • Das A und O des Bauhauses, Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin 30, 08/01/1995 - 12/31/1995
  • Modell Bauhaus, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin-Kreuzberg, 07/22/2009 - 10/04/2009
  • Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 11/08/2009 - 01/25/2010
  • 32Q: 1520 Art in Germany Between the Wars (Interwar and Bauhaus), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/06/2015 - 05/06/2015

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

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