Bauhaus Masters' Housing, Dessau, 1925-1926: Northwest (street) face

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BRGA.21.217
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/357914

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 15.4 × 21 cm (6 1/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
sheet: 16.1 × 21.8 cm (6 5/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

stamp: u.r., in blue ink:: FOTO LUCIA MOHOLY-DESSAU
inscription: u.l., in graphite:: lm I/205a

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
Accession Year: 2017
Object Number: BRGA.21.217
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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