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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.158
People
Herbert Bayer, American (Haag, Austria 1900 - 1985 Santa Barbara, CA)
Title
Bauhaus Exhibition in Weimar 1923 - maquette for postcard
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1923
Culture
Austrian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/372852

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gouache on paper
Dimensions
15.4 × 10.5 cm (6 1/16 × 4 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • (not assigned): VERSO

    stamp, purple, upper right corner: 7

    graphite, 5 (encircled); postcard original design / bayer 1923

    Sticker at LR verso, typed: Museum of Modern Art LOAN / A.38.17(illeg) / Bayer

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Herbert Bayer, by inheritance; to Joella Bayer. [Arthur Cohen/Ex Libris], sold; to The Merrill C. Berman Collection (1980s-2021) sold; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2021.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Daimler Curatorship of the Busch-Reisinger Museum Fund
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.158
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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