BR74.8: Abstract Seated Figure, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio III: German Artists"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR74.8

People

Willi Baumeister, German (Stuttgart, Germany 1889 - 1955 Stuttgart, Germany)

Title

Abstract Seated Figure, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio III: German Artists"

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Abstrakte Sitzfigur, aus Bauhaus Mappe "Neue Europäische Graphik III: Deutsche Künstler"

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1921

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/222388

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lithograph printed in black ink on tan laid paper

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

stone: 38.7 x 27.5 cm (15 1/4 x 10 13/16 in.)
sheet: 50.5 x 37.5 cm (19 7/8 x 14 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: in graphite at l.l.: Baumeister
• blind stamp: l.l.: Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Wingler III/2

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1974

Object Number

BR74.8

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Bauhaus Art and Design, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/07/1982 - 10/30/1982
• Prints in Weimar Germany: 1918-1933, Block Gallery, Evanston, 01/06/1994 - 03/13/1994; Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, 04/08/1994 - 07/26/1994; University of Texas at Austin Art Museum, Austin, 09/09/1994 - 10/16/1994
• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/22/2016 - 03/11/2016

Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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