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Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1953

GUSN

GUSN-247157

Description

The collage is on the inside of a paper folder. The right side of the collage displays a handwritten inscription, business card, and a print mounted on brown paper on a background of cream paper. The left side of the collage has a map of Turkey, three layers of color prints each with two images of women with captions, and a black and white photograph.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pictures (two-dimensional representations)
prints (visual works)
paper (fiber product)
ink
photographic prints
Collage
Collage

Inscription

LUCIA MOHOLY F.R.P.S/Bibliographical Centre/National Library ANKARA/127 Slone Street, London, S.W. 1 (printed)

Maker

Moholy-Nagy, Lucia (Artist)

Dimensions

12 2/16 x 16 15/16 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Ise Gropius

Accession Number

1984.54.44

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