BR49.396: Still life; Leaves

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR49.396

People

Ati Gropius, American (Wiesbaden, Germany 1926-2014 Wellfleet, Massachusetts)

Title

Still life; Leaves

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

20th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/225468

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor on beige wove paper

Dimensions

58.4 x 50.8 cm (23 x 20 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.r. in graphite: Ati Gropius
• label: Removed from inside mat; label reads: To be detached and securely fastened / to the back of entry / entries must be in by July 10th. / Artist: Ati Gropius / Address: Black Mountain, N.C. / Title: Still Life Price: $30 / Medium: Watercolor / The Piedmont Festival, Inc. / Chamber of Commerce / Winston-Salem, N.C.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Josef Albers

Accession Year

1949

Object Number

BR49.396

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Helen Molesworth and Ruth Erickson, Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957, exh. cat., Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston and Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2015), p. 95, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

• Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Boston, 10/07/2015 - 01/24/2016

Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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