BRGA.21.213: Bauhaus Masters' Housing, Dessau, 1925-1926: Dining Room Furniture in Lucia Moholy and László Moholy-Nagy's House

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BRGA.21.213

People

Lucia Moholy, British (Prague, Czech Republic 1894 - 1989 Zurich, Switzerland)
Architect: Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA)
Designer (furniture): Marcel Breuer, American (Pecs, Hungary 1902 - 1981 New York, N.Y., USA)

Title

Bauhaus Masters' Housing, Dessau, 1925-1926: Dining Room Furniture in Lucia Moholy and László Moholy-Nagy's House

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1927

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Dessau

Period

Modern

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/357910

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gelatin silver print on cardstock

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 15 × 21.7 cm (5 7/8 × 8 9/16 in.)
sheet: 15.7 × 22.7 cm (6 3/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
mount: 20.9 × 29.7 cm (8 1/4 × 11 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• stamp: Verso of the work is inaccessible due to mounting.

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 206

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Ise Gropius

Copyright

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Accession Year

2017

Object Number

BRGA.21.213

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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