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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BRGA.8.2
People
Unidentified Artist
Walter Gropius, German (Berlin, Germany 1883 - 1969 Boston, Mass., USA)
Title
Sommerfeld Residence, Berlin, 1920-1921: Entrance
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1920-1921
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/220949

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 41.5 x 60 cm (16 5/16 x 23 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Walter Gropius,gift; to the Germanic Museum (later the Busch-Reisinger Museum.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Walter Gropius
Object Number
BRGA.8.2
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Barbara Happe, Haus Auerbach von Walter Gropius mit Adolf Meyer, Ernst Wasmuth Verlag (Tuebingen, 2003), fig. 1a, p. 10, b/w illus.
  • David Leatherbarrow, Réalités possibles et possibilitiés réelles: l’architecture à l’âge moderne, Le Visiteur, Société française des architects, Paris (Paris, 2015), No. 21, pp. 52-62, p. 57, ill.

Exhibition History

  • Bauhaus Beginnings, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 06/11/2019 - 10/13/2019

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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