BR48.103: Design for a Bauhaus Exhibition Poster

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR48.103

People

Herbert Bayer, American (Haag, Austria 1900 - 1985 Santa Barbara, CA)

Title

Design for a Bauhaus Exhibition Poster

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Design for Billboard Poster

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1923

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/225349

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gouache and black ink over graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

16.4 x 23.7 cm (6 7/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
frame: 38.4 x 48.6 x 2.5 cm (15 1/8 x 19 1/8 x 1 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• label: on verso at l.r., black ink: Museum of Modern Art / LOAN / A.38.2004 / Bayer
• label: on verso at l.r., black ink, typewritten: DESIGN FOR BILLBOARD POSTER / herbert bayer - 1923 / Ger. Mus.

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

BR48.103

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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
• Modell Bauhaus, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin-Kreuzberg, 07/22/2009 - 10/04/2009

Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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