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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BRGA.21.216
People
Lucia Moholy, British (Prague, Czech Republic 1894 - 1989 Zurich, Switzerland)
Architect: Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA)
Title
Bauhaus Masters' Housing, Dessau, 1925-1926: Northwest (street) face
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1927
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Dessau
Period
Modern
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/357913

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 15.2 × 22.3 cm (6 × 8 3/4 in.)
sheet: 15.7 × 22.8 cm (6 3/16 × 9 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: u.r., in blue ink:: FOTO LUCIA MOHOLY-DESSAU
    Ohne Erlaubnis
    Reproduktion verboten
  • inscription: u.l., in graphite:: lm
    II/201

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 155

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.21.216
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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