Bauhaus Building, Dessau, 1925-1926: South face

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BRGA.20.480
People: Lucia Moholy, British (Prague, Czech Republic 1894 - 1989 Zurich, Switzerland)
Architect: Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA)
Title: Bauhaus Building, Dessau, 1925-1926: South face
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: 1927
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Dessau
Period: Modern
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/357900

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Gelatin silver print on cardstock
Technique: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: image: 14.8 × 21.8 cm (5 13/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
sheet: 20.9 × 29.6 cm (8 1/4 × 11 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Walter and Ise Gropius (1926-1981); Ise Gropius, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1981.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Sachsse 135

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Ise Gropius
Accession Year: 2017
Object Number: BRGA.20.480
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Future Minded: New Works in the Collection, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/01/2024 - 07/21/2024

Verification Level

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BRGA.20.480: Bauhaus Building, Dessau, 1925-1926: South face