Finding aid for the Assorted papers relating to Bauhaus designers, 1919-1984
Finding aid prepared by Rose Lachman.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Assorted papers relating to Bauhaus designers
Date (inclusive): 1919-1984
Number: 920020
Creator/Collector:
Getty Research Institute. Research Library
Physical Description:
4.0 linear feet
(5 boxes, 1 flat file folder)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: The collection consists of assembled material from the Bauhaus years of 1919-1933, as well as material influenced by Bauhaus
designers up to 1984. Includes photographic prints, typescripts, offprints and publications, original graphics, clippings,
sketches and drawings, weavings, curricula, and correspondence.
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Language: Collection material is in German and English.
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Assorted Papers relating to Bauhaus Designers, ca.1919-1984, Accession no. 920020, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa920020
Acquisition Information
Acquired February 1992 from a dealer who assembled the collection.
Processing History
Rose Lachman processed the collection and wrote the finding aid.
Separated Material
One book transferred to the Getty Research Library's core collection.
Sammlungen Bauhaus Dessau, Dessau: Bauhaus Dessau, 1988.
Scope and Content of Collection
This assembled collection contains printed materials, drawings, manuscripts,photographs and correspondence from the years
1919-1933, the span of 14 years when the Bauhaus existed. The collection also includes later items, from scattered years to
1984, that show the on-going influence of the Bauhaus. This influence may be traced in the letters from the more contemporary
artist Peter Schwarze-Heisterkamp (Blinky Palermo). The compilation includes photographic prints, essays and offprints, graphics,
clippings, sketches, weavings, curricula and correspondence. Items had been gathered into bundles (Konvolut) by topic, by
the previous owner(s).
Represented from the Bauhaus period are such artists, architects and historians as Sigfried Giedion, Gustav Hassenpflug, Walter
Tralau, Arieh Sharon, Hans Eckstein, Helmut Krüger, Heinz Borchers, Karl H. Haupt, Erich Mrozek, Robert Michel, Ella Bergmann-Michel,
Walter Dexel, Carl Schlemmer, Oskar Schlemmer, Lucia Moholy, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Franz Kalivoda, Margaret Leischner, Anni
Albers, Josef Albers, Gunta Stadler-Stölzl, Grete Reichardt, Rosa Berger, M. Kurshuk, Léna Meyer-Bergner, Hannes Meyer, Otto
Rittweger, Joost Schmidt, Martin Elsaesser, Arthur Schmidt, Hugo Häring, Mart Stam and Heinz Loew. One box is devoted to material
from Heinz Loew (student of Joost Schmidt) and contains essays, drawings, photographs, clippings, papers from the Bauhaus-Archiv
Museum für Gestaltung and correspondence.
This broad assemblage of papers by and about Bauhaus designers contains numerous examples of their works and enhances the
other Bauhaus collections in the Research Library of the Getty Research Institute.
Arrangement note
The collection is arranged in one series, organized by artist and topic.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Corporate Bodies
Bauhaus-Archiv, Museum für Gestaltung
Subjects - Topics
Bauhaus--History
Bauhaus--Influence--Exhibitions
Curriculum planning--Germany--History--20th century
Furniture design--Germany--20th century
Graphic arts
Textile fabrics--History--20th century
Subjects - Titles
Rayon & design
Genres and Forms of Material
Drawings (visual works)
Photographic prints
Photographs, Original
Textiles
Contributors
Albers, Anni
Albers, Josef
Berger, Rosa
Bergmann-Michel, Ella, 1896-1972
Borchers, Heinz
Dexel, Walter, 1890-1973
Eckstein, Hans, 1898-
Elsaesser, Martin
Gideon, S. (Sigfried), 1888-1968
Hassenpflug, Gustav, 1907-1977
Haupt, Karl Hermann
Häring, Hugo, 1882-1958
Kalivoda, Franz
Krüger, Helmut
Kurshuk, M.
Leischner, Margaret
Loew, Heinz
Meyer, Hannes, 1889-1954
Meyer-Bergner, Lena
Michel, Robert, 1876-1957
Moholy, Lucia
Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946
Mrozek, Erich
Palermo, 1943-1977
Reichardt, Grete, 1907-1984
Rittweger, Otto
Schlemmer, Carl
Schlemmer, Oskar, 1888-1943
Schmidt, Arthur
Schmidt, Joost, 1893-1948
Sharon, Aryeh, 1900-1984
Stam, Mart, 1899-1986
Stölzl , Gunta, 1897-1983
Tralau, Walter
Box 1, Folder 1
Letters from Peter Schwarze-Heisterkamp (Blinky Palermo),
1963
Scope and Content Note
Twelve letters to Ingrid Denneborg, whom he married in 1965, and 1 letter to her daughter, Iris. Letters are undated but from
the postmarks appear to be from 1963. Most are love letters and include pen or pencil drawings.
Box 1, Folder 2
Bauhaus Konvolut, 78 photographic prints
Scope and Content Note
Most of the photographs are unidentified and include portraits, objects, posters and art works. Four are in postcard format.
Box 1, Folder 3
Bauhaus Konvolut, design for a kitchen table
Scope and Content Note
Three pencil drawings, two with color indicating materials for construction of the table.
Box 1, Folder 4
Bauhaus Konvolut, offprint by Sigfried Giedion
Scope and Content Note
Offprint "The Need for a New Monumentality," reprinted from
New Architecture and City Planning, published by Philosophical Library, New York.
Box 1, Folder 5
Bauhaus Konvolut, printed article in tribute to Eduardo Westerdahl,
1984
Scope and Content Note
Article written by Franz Roh in Munich for the inauguration of courses at La Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo in
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, May 1984. The article was published by Wedekind & Co., Stuttgart and appeared in the
Gaceta de Arte which Westerdahl edited.
Box 1, Folder 6
Bauhaus Konvolut, four sheets of pencil sketches
Scope and Content Note
In black and red pencil, sketches appear to be designs for paper construction projects.
Box 1, Folder 7
Bauhaus Konvolut, designs by Gustav Hassenpflug, Walter Tralau and Arieh Sharon
Scope and Content Note
Two clippings from a publication of five cut-out designs for paper constructions.
Box 1, Folder 8
Bauhaus Konvolut, typescript course of study and a reading list
Scope and Content Note
Five pages from a curriculum with the objectives that will be met in each course; four page reading list for Bauhaus material
written in Czech.
Box 1, Folder 9
Bauhaus Konvolut, inventory of Bauhaus items
Scope and Content Note
Four typescript pages, in duplicate, including books, journals, letters, newspaper clippings, photographs and other printed
material.
Box 1, Folder 10
Bauhaus Konvolut, design for a coffee service,
1938
Scope and Content Note
Photograph of a project for an examination.
Box 1, Folder 11
Bauhaus Konvolut, five typescripts by Hans Eckstein,
1950's-1960's
Bauhaus Weimar-Dessau-Berlin,
1919-1933
Scope and Content Note
Thirteen typescript pages with annotations relates history of the Bauhaus movement.
Die Maler am Bauhaus
Scope and Content Note
Seven typescript pages (includes duplicates of first six pages) with annotations relating history of the Bauhaus disciplines
in conjunction with an exhibition at the Kunsthalle, Munich.
Sinn und Bedeutung der Werkstatt-Erziehung des Bauhauses,
1968
Scope and Content Note
Seven typescript pages with annotations for the catalog of a Bauhaus exhibition, (Stuttgart?).
Bauhaus, ms.,
1968
Scope and Content Note
Eight typescript pages with annotations that are reflections on the Bauhaus, for the Stuttgart Kunstgebäude exhibition, 1968.
Das Bauhaus
Scope and Content Note
Fourteen typescript pages with annotations relates to history of the Bauhaus and addresses the appropriateness of building
a museum for Bauhaus art.
Box 1, Folder 12
Bauhaus Konvolut, typescript by Hellmuth Krüger
Scope and Content Note
Nine typescript pages "Aufbau und Ziele der Meisterschule in Leipzig" about its establishment and curriculum.
Box 1, Folder 13
Bauhaus Konvolut, correspondence
Letter from Ernst Neufert to Dr. Mayer,
1926
Scope and Content Note
Neufert asks if Dr. Mayer would accept a teaching position at the new Bauhochschule in Weimar.
Postcard to Vreni and Theo [Ballmer?],
1933
Scope and Content Note
Postcard sent from Moscow also has greeting from Walter [Gropius?].
Telegram from R. Seldt to Theo Ballmer,
1936
Scope and Content Note
From the Gesellschaft für kulturelle Verbindung der Sowjetunion mit dem Auslande about a French transcription.
Box 1, Folder 14
Bauhaus Konvolut, graphics and poster designs by Heinz Borchers (1), Karl H. Haupt (1), Erich Mrozek (9), Robert Michel (1)
and Walter Dexel (1) and 1 unidentified, ,
1931 n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Images include poster for a Künstlerfest 1931; advertisements for products and businesses; letterhead; design for a machine;
decorative designs.
Box 1, Folder 15
Bauhaus Konvolut, miscellany (10 items)
Scope and Content Note
Five handwritten sheets with instructions for constructing objects, and notations from a photograph album; typescript page
from "Die Meisterschule für Deutschlands Buchdrucker in München," ca. 1926 about the founding of a new school; printed card
for an exhibition at the Staatliches Museum für angewandte Kunst in Munich; three handwritten pages of notes. [For a chair
design from Bauhaus Konvolut folder see flat file folder 1**].
Box 1, Folder 16
Carl Schlemmer, three typescripts,
1924
Scope and Content Note
Letter from Schlemmer (brother of Oskar Schlemmer), dated
May 21, 1924 about changing the director of the Bauhaus in Weimar; two page typescript, dated
May 8, 1924 about the accuracy of expenditures at the Bauhaus under Walter Gropius and the inexcusability of this situation; letter to
the Meisterrat and Schülerausschuss des Staatlichen Bauhauses, dated
May 21, 1924 as an explanation in response to accusations that he is not a friend of the Bauhaus.
Box 1, Folder 17
Lucia Moholy, correspondence ,
1952-1977 n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Letters are addressed to Eduard Heiberg, Herbert Hübner, Dr. Rotzler, Volkshochschule Köln (with brochure), Franz Kalivoda
and from Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Oskar Schlemmer, Tut Schlemmer, Herta Wescher, Helmut von Erffa, Jan and Edith Tschicold, Camille
Graeser, Heiner Hesse (27 items).
Box 1, Folder 18
Lucia Moholy, miscellany,
1921-1980
Scope and Content Note
Includes 2 photos by Moholy-Nagy; program for a festival of artists held at the Filmpalast Kalte Ente on
Nov 5, 1929; 9 page typescript essay on photography by Hans-Gerhard Evers; 11 page typescript "Bedingungen des Sehens," author and date
not noted; 2 page typescript by Raoul Hausmann, "Allerlei neue Photomöglichkeiten;" typescript page of 13 questions about
the future of Bauhaus; 11 items of notes in Moholy's handwriting (18 items).
Box 1, Folder 19
Lucia Moholy, 52 photographic prints
Scope and Content Note
Identified photos include Heinrich Jacoby, Julia Feininger, Theo and Nelly van Doesburg, Clara Zetkin, Fanny Mayer, Florence
Henri, Georg Muche, Tilla Winz, Walter Gropius, Franz Singer, Ulla Blau (Frisch), Theodor Neubauer, and several self-portraits.
Box 1, Folder 20
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, 12 items,
1925-1947
Scope and Content Note
Includes postcard to K. Hermann Haupt, ca.
1925; permission to take a semester abroad,
Mar 30, 1931; printed flyer about population expansion,
1930; exhibition catalog at Cyril's Studio Gallery, Detroit,
Dec 1947; 5 page offprint by Moholy-Nagy "Scharf order Unscharf?,"
Apr 1929 about Prof. Schaja (Hans Windisch); 8 page prospectus for publication,
Telehor by architect Franz Kalivoda, featuring Moholy-Nagy in no.2,
1936; brochure from the Institute of Design, Chicago (where Moholy-Nagy was director) with curriculum and courses of study,
1946; offprint "New Education organic approach" by Moholy-Nagy, reprinted from
Art and Industry,
Mar 1946; exhibition catalog from the Katharine Kuh Gallery, Chicago,
Jan 4-Feb 4, 1939?; letterhead for Bauhaus Dessau; 2 brochures for books about Bauhaus published by Albert Langen,
1926 and
1927.
Box 2, Folder 1
Bauhaus Textiles, six essays/articles,
1935-1968
Scope and Content Note
Six page typescript "On Designing," by Margaret Leischner, in duplicate and 4 offprints published in "Textiles of Ireland"
April,
1966; 4 page typescript by Leischner, "The Bauhaus a Legend?,"
Oct 11, 1968; 2 page typescript review of Anni Albers book "On Weaving,"
Feb 22, 1966 and 17 page typescript of Content with chapter descriptions; 2 anonymous typescripts on training textile designers (one 6
pages, one 5 pages); 2 sided page of typescript, Bildwerkerei der Gegenwart,
May 18, 1935 about textiles and Jugendstil.
Box 2, Folder 2
Bauhaus Textiles, one essay and 5 sheets of anonymous notes,
1967
Scope and Content Note
Nine page typescript by Gunta Stadler-Stölzl, "Mehr Wagnis als Planung: Die Textilwerkstatt des Bauhauses 1919 bis 1931,"
Dec 1, 1967; 5 handwritten pages of notes including one sheet with a color coded legend.
Box 2, Folder 3
Bauhaus Textiles, Erich Mrozek, course outline on textiles ca.
1929-1930
Scope and Content Note
Thirteen page handwritten outline for course taught at the Bauhaus with 6 loose sketches in ink for fabric designs.
Box 2, Folder 4
Bauhaus Textiles, clippings, fabric designs, photographic prints, ca.
1928-1947
Scope and Content Note
Three clippings about fabrics, one from the "Yorkshire Post,"
Jun 10, 1947; fabric sample by Grete Reichardt from ca.
1928; 5 designs (1 clipping, 1 photograph, 3 printed sheets) for fabrics and wallpapers by Rosa Berger (
1928), M. Kurshuk (
1936) and Léna Meyer-Bergner; 10 photographs which include works by Paul Klee, Josef Albers, Oskar Schlemmer, 3 of a house featured
in "The Ideal Home Magazine," 4 textile constructions and 1 of the house of Margaret Leischner(?). [For newspaper clippings
from the Bauhaus Textile file see Box 5*,f.4.]
Box 2, Folder 5
FOG (Frankfurter Oktober Gruppe)
Correspondence, 19 letters, (bulk )
1929-1968 1929-1930
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence with Robert Michel includes business letters dealing with the Deutschen Werkbund (frequently signed by staff
members) and arrangements for lectures, films and expansion of FOG. One letter addressed to Robert and Ella Bergmann-Michel
from Ilse Molzahn. Three letters in duplicate.
FOG membership list
Scope and Content Note
4 typescript pages.
Charter and bylaws for Bund das neues Frankfurt
Scope and Content Note
5 typescript pages.
Poetry by Hans Arp
Scope and Content Note
4 typescript pages with 7 poems.
Wo wohnen alte Leute by Ella Bergmann-Michel
Scope and Content Note
Announcement for the film by Bergmann-Michel on
Jan 10, 1932 and 4 typescript reviews of the film.
Miscellany, ca.
1927-1966
Scope and Content Note
Includes typescript page of guidelines for the DWB (Deutschen Werkbund); typescript page with 3 reviews for an exhibition
of Michel and Bergmann-Michel works; 3 typescript pages from the Sturm exhibition of Bergmann-Michel,
Feb 1927 listing works by name and price; typescript page of a bibliography
1921-1966 from Michel; 2 page typescript from Glaswerke Stolberg, Aachen, listing participants in the Paris convention of
Mar 13-15, 1929; 2 typescript announcements for a meeting of FOG and a film; form for announcing future dates of films; 2 newspaper clippings
with information about upcoming talks and exhibitions in Frankfurt during
1929-1930; pencil drawing of an unidentified building. [For a blueprint from the FOG file see Box 5*, f.6.]
Box 2, Folder 6
Hannes Meyer, leaflet and correspondence,
1928-1932
Scope and Content Note
Leaflet "Schweizer Staedtebauer bei den Sowjets" published in Basel
1932 with three articles, one by Meyer, "Der Architekt im Klassenkampf;" postcard from Meyer to Mr. and Mrs. [Walter] Dexel (
1928); telegram from Polockyj to Max Mayer about the latter's article "Das Tresthaus in Charkow;" typescript letter from Meyer
to Mart Stam about Stam's participation in the bauhaus (
Mar 31, 1928); typescript letter from Meyer to Hugo Häring about Meyer's resignation from "der ring" due to his involvement in various
organizations in Russia (
Jan 1, 1931).
Box 2, Folder 7
Hannes Meyer, architectural plans and photographic prints, ca.
1927-1935
Scope and Content Note
50 items: Photographs include architectural plans and completed building construction for a Völkerbundgebäude for Geneva (ca.
1927) and the Gewerkschaftssiedlung in Bernau (ca.
1928) and the Palais de Nation; photograph of a map of old Moscow with its main streets (
1935); photographs of Hannes Meyer and Hans Wittwer.
Box 2, Folder 8
Otto Rittweger, seven designs of his work, ca.
1925
Scope and Content Note
Three pencil drawings for lamps or lighting fixtures; 1 standing ashtray; watercolor of a candlestick; 2 watercolors of containers
with lids.
Box 2, Folder 9
Joost Schmidt, designs, 14 items, ca.
1925-1932
Scope and Content Note
Six pages of pencil designs on red graph paper for series "Der Muskelmensch" ca.
1932; 8 pages of designs in pencil and colored pencils ca.
1925-1932, 2 from the series "Mensch und Raum" and 2 studies of block letters.
Box 2, Folder 10
Martin Elsaesser, photographic prints, letter, brochure,
1926-1929
Scope and Content Note
Twelve photographs of the architect's (building director for the city of Frankfurt) home in Ginheim
1926 with accompanying letter; brochure from "Jahrbuch der Baukunst
1928-1929 with a photograph of the living room in Elsaesser's house. For portfolio which contained this file see Box 4.
Box 3, Folder 1
Heinz Loew, 2 typescript essays, notebook about Joost Schmidt and miscellany
Scope and Content Note
Fourteen page partial typescript "Plastische Werkstatt Dessau 1927-1932" about the development of sculptural forms based on
the work of Joost Schmidt [Loew's teacher at the Bauhaus, See final essay in
Lehre und Arbeit am Bauhaus 1919-1932, Joost Schmidt (
1984) p.44]; 2 page typescript (includes a duplicate) "Weimar" about the Bauhaus move from Weimar to Dessau; 5 page diploma for
Loew at his graduation from Bauhaus, Dessau
Mar 30, 1931 and a resident registration card from
1923; 32 page handwritten notebook about Joost Schmidt [See
Lehre und Arbeit am Bauhaus 1919-1932, Joost Schmidt(
1974) p.7.
Box 3, Folder 2
Heinz Loew, three sets of drawings, ,
1929 n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Ten pages of pencil drawings which accompanied the essay "Plastische Werkstatt"; 15 pages of pencil drawings for "Joost Schmidt
und das Bauhaus 1919-1933"; 1 page pencil drawing of page layout for Berlin
1929 exhibit, Gas und Wasser for Junkers & Co., Dessau; 8 pages of pencil drawings of parts of the moving body primarily for the
series Muskelmenschen.
Box 3, Folder 3
Heinz Loew, 25 photographic prints from his collection, ca.
1940-1959
Scope and Content Note
Most of the photographs are from exhibits mounted by Loew in the 1940s and 1950s and are not otherwise identified.
Box 3, Folder 4
Heinz Loew, 25 photographic prints from his collection, ca.
1940-1959
Scope and Content Note
Most of the photographs are from exhibits mounted by Loew in the 1940s and 1950s in England.
Box 3, Folder 5
Heinz Loew, 20 photographic prints and 1 negative from his collection, ca.
1940-1959
Scope and Content Note
Most of the photographs are from exhibits mounted by Loew in the 1940s and 1950s in England; includes some portrait prints.
Box 3, Folder 6
Heinz Loew, 8 drawings of utilitarian apparatuses
Scope and Content Note
Pencil drawings consist of dispensers, containers with lids, basket and scale; 2 printed sheets of a plumbing handle and a
design.
Box 3, Folder 7
Heinz Loew, printed matter designs, ca.
1950-1977
Scope and Content Note
Includes brochure on Bauhaus Dessau
1926-1976; invitation design for an Oskar Schlemmer exhibition opening
Aug 10, 1977; brochure (2) for Estee, men's collars; 3 sets of brochures (8) for Johannsen & Ziegner metalworks and sign making; brochure
for Cox phonedomes; 3 clippings of advertisements for Spicers Limited, a paper making company; periodical
Rayon & Design vol.1, no.2,
March 1950 which includes a clipping of a weaving designed by Margaret Leischner.
Box 3, Folder 8
Heinz Loew, 150 newspaper and magazine clippings mostly from ca. .
1960-1979
Scope and Content Note
Some clippings are portraits and exhibition shots. For additional clippings from the Heinz Loew file see Box 5*, f.5.
Box 3, Folder 9
Heinz Loew, material relating to Bauhaus-Archiv Museum für Gestaltung and other Bauhaus exhibitions (16 items), ca.
1963-1981
Scope and Content Note
Bauhaus-Archiv Museum für Gestaltung material includes membership lists, agendas for meetings; brochures about the Archive;
letter asking for written messages on the anniversary of Joost Schmidt's death sent to his widow Helene Schmidt-Nonne; 8 printed
sheets with information about the Bauhaus and its history for an exhibition held in
1979; exhibition brochure for the 1979 show; printed bibliography; invitation to an exhibition in Bauhaus-Archiv Darmstadt in
1963; exhibition flyer for show Stühle aus Stahl in Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin in
1981; flyer for exhibition of Herbert Bayer's lithographs in Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin in
1979. Other printed material consists of an exhibition flyer for the works of Xanti Schawinsky at the Galerie Suzanne Bollag,
Zürich
1973; invitation to "50 Jahre Bauhaus" in Stuttgart
1968; 2 invitations for Bauhaus events in Düsseldorf for an evening of film
Feb 10, 1971 and an exhibition "bauhaus-2.generation"
Oct 23, 1980; advertisement for a book
50 Jahre Deutscher Werkbund, published by Alfred Metzner in Frankfurt and Berlin
1957?; card in memory of Oskar Schlemmer on the date that would have been his 80th birthday,
Sep 4, 1968.
Box 3, Folder 10
Heinz Loew, partial reprint of "Bauhaus und Bauhaüsler" (8 pages)
Scope and Content Note
Edited by Eckhard Neumann, printed pages include the cover, table of contents and pp.62-66, an article by Ferdinand Kramer,
"Bauhaus und neues Bauen."
Box 3, Folder 11
Heinz Loew, correspondence (6 items)
1959-1978
Scope and Content Note
Three envelopes addressed to Loew; printed invitation to a birthday party for Mrs. Tut Schlemmer on
Nov 12, 1970; postcard written by Loew with greetings to Prof. and Mrs. Gerhard Marcks
Dec 22, 1958; postcard from Eva & Ruth
Feb 2, 1978.
Box 3, Folder 12
Heinz Loew, 2 handwritten sheets with bibliography
Box 4
Two portfolio covers
Scope and Content Note
Green portfolio cover for Ella Bergmann-Michel 11 designs for a round room, see Box 5* f.1; brown, black and tan portfolio
cover for Martin Elsaesser photographic prints, letter, brochure (14 items), see Box 2, f.10.
Box 5*, Folder 1
Ella Bergmann-Michel, 11 architectural designs for a round room, ca.
1925-1935
Scope and Content Note
Typescript page with description for room intended for the practice of Dr. Fingler, Frankfurt am Main. Walls are movable and
could be placed anywhere in the house. The 11 architectural drawings are done in graphite and red pencil, 8 signed by Bergmann-Michel.
Box 5*, Folder 2
Ella Bergmann-Michel, 4 views of a room in house on Kronprinzenstrasse 8, Frankfurt am Main
Scope and Content Note
Poster paint over pencil with (address) inscription upper left; street renamed Münchnerstrasse; house was the studio of architect,
Robert Michel from 1927-1934.
Box 5*, Folder 3
Lena Meyer-Bergner, 8 designs for fabrics, ca. ,
1928 1950-1953
Scope and Content Note
Three fabric samples (a weaving study, table cloth study and curtain study) made at Bauhaus Dessau ca. 1928; 5 watercolor
sheets of fabric designs from ca. 1950-1953.
Box 5*, Folder 4
Bauhaus Textiles, 2 sheets of newsprint from the Sunday
London Times
May 7, 1967
Scope and Content Note
Article "Guide to the Modern Movement in the Arts, Architecture: the 20th century revolution" with some portrait clippings
and synopses of 44 architects'/firms' examples of their works. For additional material from the Bauhaus Textile file see Box
2, f.1-4.
Box 5*, Folder 5
Heinz Loew, newspaper and magazine clippings (18 items),
1939-1979
Scope and Content Note
Clippings include article from the
Saturday Evening Post (
1968), "The Curse of Conformity" by Walter Gropius; 8 pages from
House and Garden (
Jan 1949) which features Walter & Ise Gropius's house. For additional clippings from the Heinz Loew file see Box 3, f.8.
Box 5*, Folder 6
FOG, blueprint for Berlin airport,
Apr 1913
Scope and Content Note
For additional material from the FOG file see Box 2, f.5.
Box 5*, Folder 7
Arthur Schmidt, 2 exercises of student coursework from the class Gebrauchsgrafik am Bauhaus, ca.
1930
Scope and Content Note
Sheets for wallpaper (?) designs, from the class taught by Joost Schmidt.
Box 5*, Folder 8
Oskar Schlemmer, morphological study of the body
Scope and Content Note
Lithograph with 3 views of male body and 2 faces (1 facing forward and 1 in profile). Inscription on sheet: Vordruck/ unterricht
schlemmer/ bauhaus dessau, blatt 1/ din a 2.
Oversize 1**
Bauhaus Konvolut, design for a seat which accommodates a man 170 cm. tall
Scope and Content Note
Pencil drawing which shows with a numbered graph how each part of the body would fit into a chair. For additional material
from the Bauhaus Konvolut file see Box 1, f.2-15.
