Study in Various Textures | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BR51.43
People: Herbert Bayer, American (Haag, Austria 1900 - 1985 Santa Barbara, CA)
Title: Study in Various Textures
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1921
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/225065

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite and black chalk on tan wove paper

Dimensions

34.3 x 17.7 cm (13 1/2 x 6 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: in graphite at l.r.: herbert bayer 1921
stamp: l.r., black ink: [artist's stamp]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Herbert Bayer (1921-1951,) gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of the Artist
Copyright: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year: 1951
Object Number: BR51.43
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

John David Farmer and Geraldine Weiss, ed., Concepts of the Bauhaus: The Busch-Reisinger Museum Collection, exh. cat. (1971), cat. no. 1

Exhibition History

Bauhaus Art and Design, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/07/1982 - 10/30/1982

Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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BR51.43: Study in Various Textures