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Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1953

GUSN

GUSN-247156

Description

Abstract painting, possibly in gouache, affixed to off-white mat. Pencil inscriptions written to the right of painting.
Painting is by Lotte Konnerth, who dies in 1950. The inscription is by Hermann Konnerth.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pictures (two-dimensional representations)
paper (fiber product)
paint (coating)
graphite pencils
Picture
Picture

Inscription

Lotte Konnerth / [German text] (Details of painting: artist, year and city of birth and death, time at Bauhaus, painting title, year of creation)
[German text] (Message to recipient from Hermann Konnerth)

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

11 13/16 x 16 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Ise Gropius

Accession Number

1984.54.43

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