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Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1953

GUSN

GUSN-247117

Description

Pastel drawing mounted on white board. Design features geometric forms and straight lines in red, blue, yellow, light blue, light pink, and black. Also mounted at bottom right corner of white card is a small, tan piece of paper with a typed inscription and signature.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pictures (two-dimensional representations)
pastels (visual works)
pastels (crayons)
paper (fiber product)
ink
boards (flat objects)
Picture

Inscription

dem hochverehrten meister / w a l t e r g r o p i u s / zum siebzigsten / g e b u r t s t a g e / gewidmet / rudolf lutz (Typed on tan card; handwritten signature covers part of the text at lower right)

Maker

Lutz, Rudolf, 1895-1966 (Artist)

Dimensions

11 12/16 x 16 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Ise Gropius

Accession Number

1984.54.9

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