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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.245
People
Louis Held, German (Berlin, Germany 1851 - 1927 Weimar, Germany)
Title
The Bauhaus Band, Weimar
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Die Bauhaus Band in Weimar
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1924
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Weimar
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359830

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
16 × 22.5 cm (6 5/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: On verso: Museum of Modern Art / LOAN / A.38.1767 / Bayer
  • stamp: On verso, in black ink: herbert bayer
  • inscription: On verso, in black ink: bauhaus band weimar about 1923
  • stamp: On verso, in blue ink: Louis Held's copyright stamp

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Herbert Bayer, by 1938. [Grisebach GmbH, June 6, 2002, lot 01114], sold; to Jeane von Oppenheim (2002-2017), gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2017.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Baroness Jeane von Oppenheim
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.245
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Held took this photograph at a Bauhaus party that took place on November 29, 1924, at the Ilmschlößchen Tavern in Weimar. The sign in front of the band reads 'emotion'. From left: Hanns Hoffmann, Heinrich Kock, Rudolph Paris, and Andor Weininger (at the piano).

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