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Walter Gropius Birthday Card

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1953

GUSN

GUSN-247220

Description

Pencil drawings on paper with inscriptions. Drawings depict a stylized bull and a building.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Inscription

DER ALTMEISTER VON DESSAU / UNSER PIU. WIRD AM. 17 MAI 1953. 70 JAHRE! / DASS ER NOCH 20 JAHRE LEBE / WÜNSCHT IHM SEIN JÜNGER / W. J. HESS. AUS. SALZGITTER. SEINE JÜNGSTEN JÜNGER CHRISTEL + JÜRGEN. / UND FRAU KATHARINA HESS. (Handwritten pencil inscription in German from artist to Walter Gropius)

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

8 4/16 x 11 12/16 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Ise Gropius

Accession Number

1984.54.121

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