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Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1953

GUSN

GUSN-247143

Description

Photographic print of leaves with handwritten message

Details

Descriptive Terms

photographic prints
photographic prints
ink
paper (fiber product)
Photograph
Print, Photographic
Print, Photographic

Inscription

To Dr. Walter Gropius/Best wishes from a late-comer!/ Howard Dearstyne/Bauhaus-Dessau-1928-32 (handwritten message)
Williamsburg, Virginia/March 16, 1952 (handwritten)

Maker

Dearstyne, Howard, 1903-1979 (Artist)

Dimensions

11 14/16 x 16 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Ise Gropius

Accession Number

1984.54.32

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