Harvard Art Museums > BR48.93: Research in the development of Universal Type Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Research in the development of Universal Type (Herbert Bayer) , BR48.93,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 07, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/225747. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number BR48.93 People Herbert Bayer, American (Haag, Austria 1900 - 1985 Santa Barbara, CA) Title Research in the development of Universal Type Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1925 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/225747 Physical Descriptions Medium Black ink on paper Dimensions 29.8 x 60 cm (11 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Herbert Bayer (1925-1948) 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 1948 Object Number BR48.93 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Leah Dickerman and Barry Bergdoll, Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity, exh. cat., ed. David Frankel, The Museum of Modern Art (New York, 2009), cat. no. 257, p. 200, color repr. p. 201 Kathleen James-Chakraborty and Eva Forgas, Bauhaus: Art as Life, exh. cat., Barbican Art Gallery and Koenig Books Ltd (London, 2012), p. 124, fig. 114, ill. Ansgar Steinhausen, "Bauhaus Serie Teil 4 Herbert Bayer: Tapeten, Typo, Tafelbilder", Häuser, Gruner + Jahr GmbH (Hamburg, 2019), No. 3, pp. 76-81, p. 79. ill. (b/w) Exhibition History Art of the Weimar Era, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 04/05/1982 - 05/22/1982 Bauhaus Art and Design, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/07/1982 - 10/30/1982 A Tribute to Walter Gropius, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/16/1983 - 07/01/1983 Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 11/08/2009 - 01/25/2010 Bauhaus: Art as Life, Barbican Centre, London, 05/03/2012 - 08/12/2012 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/17/2017 - 05/08/2017 Subjects and Contexts The Bauhaus Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
