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Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1953

GUSN

GUSN-247204

Description

Black and white photographic print mounted on black mat. Print depicts man in a suit in front of a building with typed text in lower right hand corner.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Inscription

ZULETZT, ABER NICHT DER LETZTE: / DIESER BAUHÄUSLER HAT IM AUGUST 1933 IN BERLIN DIE RESTE DES BAUHAUSES VERBRANNT. / DEM ERSTEN BAUHÄUSLER IN HERZLICHER VEREHRUNG GEWIDMET / H. S. BORMANN ESSEN KRONPRINZENSTRASSE 14 (Inscription in German with artist's name)

Maker

Bormann, pat2Heinrich-Siegfried, 1909-1982 (Artist)

Dimensions

11 13/16 x 16 9/16 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Ise Gropius

Accession Number

1984.54.101

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