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Lot 46
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Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar 1919-1923

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar 1919-1923
  • rebound in black buckram with original paper cover laid down, in a slipcase

  • cover design by Herbert Bayer typeface designed by Lázló Moholy-Nagy

Provenance

James Prestini, Berkeley, CA
Acquired from the estate of the above by the present owner

Literature

Thomas Berg and Torsten Bröhan, Avantegarde Design, 1880-1930, Germany, 1994, p. 80
Barry Bergdoll and Leah Dickerman, Bauhaus 1919-1933:  Workshops for Modernity, New York, 2009, p. 153 (for an example in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York)

Condition

As noted in catalogue description, rebound in black buckram with original paper cover laid down in a slipcase.
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