Gropius with his father at about the age of 15 months

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BRGA.1.1.A
People: Loescher & Petsch, German (active 1860s-1890s)
Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA)
Title: Gropius with his father at about the age of 15 months
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: c. 1884
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/169721

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Albumen silver print

Technique

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

sheet: 6.1 x 10 cm (2 3/8 x 3 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso, t, black ink: Vater und Sohn // Walter Wa[r] 1 1/4 Jahr alt ungefähr

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Walter Gropius
Object Number: BRGA.1.1.A
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

American Gropius: The Cambridge Years, Architecture Boston (Boston, MA, 2013), Vol. 16, No. 2, p. 25, ill.
Leyla Daybelge and Magnus Englund, Walter Gropius: An Illustrated Biography, Phaidon Press (London and New York, 2022), p. 22, fig. 4, ill. (b/w)

Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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