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Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1943

GUSN

GUSN-248436

Description

Photographic portrait depicting the head and shoulders of a man (Josef Albers) in a suit and tie. A small piece of paper with the inscription Albers in black ink is affixed to the photograph below Albers's face; second inscription in white ink in bottom left corner of photograph.

Details

Descriptive Terms

collages (visual works)
black-and-white photographs
black-and-white photographs
paper (fiber product)
Collage
Collage

Inscription

Tom Leonard-NY (Handwritten inscription in white, lower left corner of photograph)

Maker

Albers, Josef, 1888-1976 (Artist)

Dimensions

6 x 5 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Ise Gropius

Accession Number

1984.58.40

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