2021.171: Now. Then. Bauhaus Wallpaper

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2021.171

People

Hubert Hoffmann, Austrian (Berlin, Germany 1904 - 1999 Graz, Germany)

Title

Now. Then. Bauhaus Wallpaper

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Jetzt. Einst. Bauhaus Tapeten

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1929-1930

Culture

Austrian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/372866

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Collage with gouache and ink on thick off-white paperboard

Technique

Collage

Dimensions

28.4 × 21 cm (11 3/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• label: removed from backing board: Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity / Venue(s): The Museums of Modern Art, New York / [11/8/2009-1/25/2010] / Lender: Merrill C. Berman / Artist: Hubert Hoffmann / Title/Date: Jetz. Einst. Bauhaus Tapeten (Now. Then. Bauhaus / wallpaper), 1929-30 / Medium: Cut-and-pasted paper with gouche and ink on paper / Museum No.: 2009.1804 / The Museum of Modern Art / 11 West 53rd Street, New York, New York 10019

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Antiquariat Günter Linke, Berlin], sold; to The Merrill C. Berman Collection, sold; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2021.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund

Accession Year

2021

Object Number

2021.171

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 11/08/2009 - 01/25/2010

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