Editor: Hahn Peter
Publisher: Das Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin
Publication: 1988, First Edition
Binding: Softcover, section sewn
Pages: 428
Size: 230 x 290
Text: German
ISBN: 3891814038
(Introduction/Translation) 'When the Bauhaus Archive presented a selection of works from its collection to the Bauhaus Dessau for a few weeks in the summer of 1988, this event was sure to attract considerable attention. For the first time, Bauhaus works gathered in the West would be on display in Walter Gropius's glass-enclosed Bauhaus building, which since its construction has been considered the epitome of modernism in architecture and design. The exhibition's appeal lay not only in the fact that some of the selected objects were created there and thus temporarily returned to their place of origin. The Bauhaus Dessau, the exhibition's host, had itself become a focal point for Bauhaus research and revival in East Germany in recent years. This presented an opportunity to examine cultural commonalities and differing perspectives firsthand. This was made possible by the cultural agreement concluded between the governments of the two German states...'
Condition: Very Good. Shelf ware consistent with age. Light rubbing and marking to cover/edges.
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