2017.245: The Bauhaus Band, Weimar

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2017.245

People

Louis Held, German (Berlin, Germany 1851 - 1927 Weimar, Germany)

Title

The Bauhaus Band, Weimar

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Die Bauhaus Band in Weimar

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1924

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Weimar

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/359830

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

16 × 22.5 cm (6 5/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• label: On verso: Museum of Modern Art / LOAN / A.38.1767 / Bayer
• stamp: On verso, in black ink: herbert bayer
• inscription: On verso, in black ink: bauhaus band weimar about 1923
• stamp: On verso, in blue ink: Louis Held's copyright stamp

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Herbert Bayer, by 1938. [Grisebach GmbH, June 6, 2002, lot 01114], sold; to Jeane von Oppenheim (2002-2017), gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2017.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Baroness Jeane von Oppenheim

Accession Year

2017

Object Number

2017.245

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Held took this photograph at a Bauhaus party that took place on November 29, 1924, at the Ilmschlößchen Tavern in Weimar. The sign in front of the band reads 'emotion'. From left: Hanns Hoffmann, Heinrich Kock, Rudolph Paris, and Andor Weininger (at the piano).

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