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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.121
People
Herbert Bayer, American (Haag, Austria 1900 - 1985 Santa Barbara, CA)
Title
Study for "Verdure" (Harvard Law School mural)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Abstraction
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1950
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308308

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pastel on thin off-white wove paper
Dimensions
13 x 37.8 cm (5 1/8 x 14 7/8 in.)
Border drawn around image: 11.8 x 36.6 cm (4 5/8 x 14 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Herbert Bayer, 1950; Harvard Corporation, 1951, transfer; to Fogg Art Museum, 1951.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Transfer from Harvard Corporation
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.121
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Gwen Finkel Chanzit, Herbert Bayer and Modernist Design in America, University of Michigan Research Press (Ann Arbor, MI and London, England, 1987), p. 41

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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