Bauhaus Masters' Housing, Dessau, 1925-1926: Double Desk in Walter Gropius's House

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BRGA.21.227
People: Lucia Moholy, British (Prague, Czech Republic 1894 - 1989 Zurich, Switzerland)
Architect: Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA)
Designer (desk): Marcel Breuer, American (Pecs, Hungary 1902 - 1981 New York, N.Y., USA)
Title: Bauhaus Masters' Housing, Dessau, 1925-1926: Double Desk in Walter Gropius's House
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: 1926
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Dessau
Period: Modern
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/357924

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gelatin silver print on cardstock

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 16.7 × 21.7 cm (6 9/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
mount: 20.7 × 30 cm (8 1/8 × 11 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: Verso inaccessible because of 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 180

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Ise Gropius
Accession Year: 2017
Object Number: BRGA.21.227
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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