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Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1953

GUSN

GUSN-247175

Description

Black and white photogaph and off-white label mounted on tan mat. Photograph possibly depicts decorated cookies: one large rabbit-shaped cookie and multiple smaller egg-shaped cookies. Label depicts a pony set in a U-shaped frame. Handwritten inscription on mat in black ink.

Details

Descriptive Terms

collages (visual works)
paper (fiber product)
photographic paper
ink
Collage
Collage

Inscription

[Handwritten German text] (Handwritten German message from the artist with signature)

Maker

Driesch-Foucar, Lydia, 1895- (Artist)

Dimensions

11 12/16 x 16 6/16 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Ise Gropius

Accession Number

1984.54.62

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