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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BRGA.121.74
People
Hans Namuth, American (Essen, Germany 1915 - 1990 East Hampton, New York)
Mural: Joan Miró, Spanish (Barcelona, Spain 1893 - 1983 Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA)
Title
Portrait of Walter Gropius with Joan Miro mural, Graduate Center, Harvard University
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1952
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/360318

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
20.3 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: On verso: 1952 / [Walter Gropius]
  • stamp: On verso, in black ink: Hans Namuth / Photography / 125 East 78th St. Butterfield 8-0777 / New York 21, N.Y.
  • stamp: On verso, in black ink: Not For Reproduction / unless authorized by / Hans Namuth / 125 East 78th Street / New York 21, N.Y.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Walter Gropius papers, Harvard Art Museums, Archives, transferred; to Harvard Art Museums, 2018.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Transfer from Harvard Art Museums Archives, Walter Gropius Papers
Copyright
© Hans Namuth Estate
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
BRGA.121.74
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Mateo Kries, Bauhaus Style, Assouline (New York, 2023), pp. 96-97, ill. (b/w)

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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