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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR48.37
People
Anni Albers, American (Berlin 1899 - 1994 Orange, Conn.)
Title
Sample of Bronze and White Wall Material
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
20th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/225930

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cellophane and synthetic fibers, alternating warp weave
Technique
Woven
Dimensions
15.3 x 11.1 cm (6 x 4 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Collection of the artist, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1948.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Anni Albers
Copyright
© The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1948
Object Number
BR48.37
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Nicholas Fox Weber and Martin Filler, Josef and Anni Albers: Designs for Living, exh. cat., Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum and Merrell Publishers Ltd. (London and New York, 2004), cat. no. 79, p. 114, color illus.

Exhibition History

  • Josef and Anni Albers: Designs for Living, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, 10/01/2004 - 02/27/2005

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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