- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1981.193
- People
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Max Bill, Swiss (Winterthur, Switzerland 1908 - 1994 Berlin, Germany)
- Title
- Square from Nine Rectangles
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- painting
- Date
- 1944
- Culture
- Swiss
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/227526
- Location
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Level 3, Room 3610, University Teaching Gallery
View this object's location on our interactive map - Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 36.2 x 36.2 cm (14 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.)
frame: 37.8 x 37.8 x 3 cm (14 7/8 x 14 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Outer frame with Optium glazing: 41.9 x 41.9 x 7 cm (16 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)
- Provenance
- Max Bill, Zurich, Switzerland, sold; to Stanley Marcus, Dallas, Texas, 1960, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1981.
NOTE: Provenance provided by donor. - Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Marcus
- Copyright
- © Estate of Max Bill / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Accession Year
- 1981
- Object Number
- 1981.193
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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- Publication History
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Marco Meneguzzo, ed., Bruno Munari, exh. cat., Fundación Juan March (Madrid, 2022), p. 66, fig. 2, ill. (color)
- Exhibition History
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32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/07/2017 - 10/12/2017
Max Bill (1908-1994), Fundación Juan March, Madrid, 10/16/2015 - 01/17/2016
Artisanal Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/28/2023 - 05/07/2023
- Subjects and Contexts
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The Bauhaus
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