A vertical white lithograph postcard with three geometric shapes: a medium-sized blue triangle pointed towards the center on the upper left, a large black circle slightly right of the center and a small red square on the lower left. A variety of geometric and trigonometric lines surround the shapes in black and white with tiny black and white circles on the points of the triangle and in the center of the circle. A small white x and a small white star formed from intercrossing lines are found in the center of the square and the triangle respectively. In the upper right corner black capitalised German text reads [BAUHAUS AUSSTELLUNG], meaning [Bauhaus Exhibition] with a thick red line across the word Bauhaus. In the bottom left corner blue capitalised text reads 'WEIMAR' with a black square in the place of a full stop, while in the bottom right corner black capitalised German text reads [JULI AUGUST SEPTEMBER], [July August September] with 1923 written above in blue.

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Postcard, Bauhaus Ausstellung Weimar (Bauhaus Exhibition Weimar)

This is a Postcard. It was designed by Herbert Bayer and published by Bauhaus.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Merrill Berman as part of Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master.

It is dated 1923. Its medium is lithograph. It is a part of the department.

It is credited Collection of Merrill C. Berman.

A vertical black gouache postcard with three geometric shapes: a medium-sized blue triangle pointed towards the center on the upper left, a large grey circle slightly right of the center and a small red square on the lower left. A variety of geometric lines surround the shapes in black and white with a small white x inside the square and tiny black and white circles on the points of the triangle and in the center of the circle. In the upper right corner white capitalised German text reads [BAUHAUS AUSSTELLUNG], meaning [Bauhaus Exhibition], while in the bottom left corner blue capitalised text reads 'WEIMAR'. In the bottom right corner white capitalised German text reads [JULI AUGUST SEPTEMB], [July August September] with 1923 written above in blue.

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gouache, ink, pencil.
Collection of Merrill C. Berman.
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Its dimensions are

H x W: 15.6 × 10.5 cm (6 1/8 × 4 1/8 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/4wUsvv/
Accession Number 15.2019.5
Object ID 2318800183