BRGA.97.171: "Packaged House" System, 1942-1952: Construction
Photographs
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- BRGA.97.171
- People
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William F. Karsten, American
Konrad Wachsmann, German (Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany 1901 - 1980 Los Angeles, Cal., USA)
Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA)
- Title
- "Packaged House" System, 1942-1952: Construction
- Classification
- Photographs
- Work Type
- photograph
- Date
- c. 1943
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/177291
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
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image: 18.3 x 22.8 cm (7 3/16 x 9 in.)
sheet: 19.5 x 23.6 cm (7 11/16 x 9 5/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- stamp: verso, c., black ink, English: Photo by/ William F. Karsten / 415 East 52nd Street / New York, N.Y. / Plaza 3-7874
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Walter Gropius
- Object Number
- BRGA.97.171
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Mark Wigley, Konrad Wachsmann's Television Post-architectural Transmissions, Sternberg Press (Berlin, 2020), p. 36, fig. 6, ill. (b/w)
Subjects and Contexts
- The Bauhaus
Verification Level
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