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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2022.372
People
Herbert Bayer, American (Haag, Austria 1900 - 1985 Santa Barbara, CA)
Title
Design for Bauhaus Exhibition signage
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1925
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/377999

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite, ink, and opaque watercolor on paper cardstock
Dimensions
30.5 × 9.5 cm (12 × 3 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: removed from backing board: Yamato Transport Co., LTD. / Fine Arts Division / EXHIBT. The Berman Collection / Case No. 9 / Catal. No. E65
  • exhibition label: removed from backing board: Williams College Museum of Art / CRATE 9 [in red ink] / 9 / Herbert Bayer (American 1900-1985) / Ausstellung (Exhibition) / Design for Bauhaus exhibition sign / Pencil, ink and gouache, 1923, Germany / The Merrill C. Berman Collection / TL.97.42.9 / Main Street Williamstown Massachusetts 01267-2566 Telephone 413-597-2429

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Herbert Bayer, by inheritance; to Joella Bayer. [Arthur Cohen/Ex Libris], sold; to The Merrill C. Berman Collection (1980s-2022) gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2022.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Merrill C. Berman and Dalia S. Berman
Accession Year
2022
Object Number
2022.372
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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