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Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1953

GUSN

GUSN-247191

Description

Two black-and-white photographs mounted on off-white mat with handwritten message in German. Photographs depict carved wooden marionettes.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Inscription

[Handwritten text in German, signed Marianne Heymann-Ahlfeld from Kfarhaim, Israel] (Handwritten message in German to Walter Gropius from Marianne Heymann-Ahlfeld)

Maker

Heymann-Ahlfeld, Marianne, 1905-2003 (Artist)

Dimensions

11 10/16 x 16 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Ise Gropius

Accession Number

1984.54.80

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