Study for "Verdure" (Harvard Law School mural)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1951.121
People: Herbert Bayer, American (Haag, Austria 1900 - 1985 Santa Barbara, CA)
Title: Study for "Verdure" (Harvard Law School mural)
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Abstraction
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1950
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/308308

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Pastel on thin off-white wove paper
Dimensions: 13 x 37.8 cm (5 1/8 x 14 7/8 in.)
Border drawn around image: 11.8 x 36.6 cm (4 5/8 x 14 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Herbert Bayer, 1950; Harvard Corporation, 1951, transfer; to Fogg Art Museum, 1951.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Transfer from Harvard Corporation
Copyright: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year: 1951
Object Number: 1951.121
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

Gwen Finkel Chanzit, Herbert Bayer and Modernist Design in America, University of Michigan Research Press (Ann Arbor, MI and London, England, 1987), p. 41

Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be 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

Your Collection

Log in to the Harvard Art Museums

1951.121: Study for "Verdure" (Harvard Law School mural)