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Identification and Creation
Object Number
BR48.49
People
Anni Albers, American (Berlin 1899 - 1994 Orange, Conn.)
Title
Design for a Rug
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1927
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226092
Physical Descriptions
Medium
Black ink and watercolor over graphite with drawn and cut paper additions on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
image: 21 x 15.6 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.)
sheet: 32.1 x 25.1 cm (12 5/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
standard frame: 49.8 x 39.7 cm (19 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: recto, l.l., black ink, typed, English: Anni Albers III.L927 / Design for a rug / not executed
  • stamp: verso, u.r., black ink: albers dessau / stresemann allee 2
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
Accession Year
1948
Object Number
BR48.49
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions
Description
pricked
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

A Tribute to Walter Gropius, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/16/1983 - 07/01/1983

Bauhaus: Dessau-Chicago-New York, Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen, 08/12/2000 - 11/12/2000

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

32Q: 1520 Art in Germany Between the Wars (Interwar and Bauhaus), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/16/2015 - 02/24/2016

The Bauhaus and Harvard, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/08/2019 - 07/28/2019

Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

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