DrawingsGerman20th century

Design for Bauhaus Exhibition signage

1925

Artists

Herbert BayerArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite, ink, and opaque watercolor on paper cardstock

Culture

German

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

30.5 × 9.5 cm (12 × 3 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Herbert Bayer, by inheritance; to Joella Bayer. [Arthur Cohen/Ex Libris], sold; to The Merrill C. Berman Collection (1980s-2022) gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2022.

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