BRGA.45.2: Apartment House Communal Rooms for Werkbund Exhibition, Paris, 1930: Interior perspective, view of bar from pool

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BRGA.45.2

People

Herbert Bayer, American (Haag, Austria 1900 - 1985 Santa Barbara, CA)

Title

Apartment House Communal Rooms for Werkbund Exhibition, Paris, 1930: Interior perspective, view of bar from pool

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1930

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/220964

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink, gray wash, opaque watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper

Dimensions

55.3 x 48.2 cm (21 3/4 x 19 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Walter Gropius

Copyright

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Object Number

BRGA.45.2

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Ansgar Steinhausen, "Bauhaus Serie Teil 4 Herbert Bayer: Tapeten, Typo, Tafelbilder", Häuser, Gruner + Jahr GmbH (Hamburg, 2019), No. 3, pp. 76-81, p. 78, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

• A Tribute to Walter Gropius, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/16/1983 - 07/01/1983
• Modernism: Designing a New World, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 04/06/2006 - 07/23/2006; MARTa Herford, Herford, 09/16/2006 - 01/07/2007
• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/17/2017 - 05/08/2017
• The Bauhaus and Harvard, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/08/2019 - 07/28/2019

Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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