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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR48.106
People
Herbert Bayer, American (Haag, Austria 1900 - 1985 Santa Barbara, CA)
Title
Design for Billboard Poster
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Entwurf für ein Wegweiser-Plakat
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1923
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/225771

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gouache and black ink over graphite on paper
Dimensions
30.5 x 9.2 cm (12 x 3 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: verso, lower edge: typewritten label adhered at lower edge of verso: DESIGN FOR BILLBOARD POSTER / herbert bayer - 1923
  • inscription: lower edge, graphite: HERBERT BAYER /

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
BR48.106
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Das A und O des Bauhauses : Bauhauswerbung: Schriftbilder, Drucksachen, Ausstellungsdesign, exh. cat., Bauhaus-Archiv (Berlin, Germany, 1995), p. 61, cat. no. 39, fig. no. 43
  • Jeannine Fiedler, ed., Bauhaus, Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft (Cologne, Germany, 2000), page preceding title page

Exhibition History

  • From Werkbund to Bauhaus: Art and Design in Germany 1900-1934, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1980 - 04/26/1980
  • 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
  • Das A und O des Bauhauses, Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin 30, 08/01/1995 - 12/31/1995

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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