A group of Photographs, by Walter Gropius, comprising: studies of the Bauhaus building Dessau under construction, Gropius' house and the Bauhaus masters house under construction, (53 photographs) three studies of the Eiffel Tower taken in Paris 1926, (one illustrated), 25 related negatives with modern prints and six photographs taken at Bruno Taut's house in Berlin (one illustrated), contact prints, the majority stamped on the reverse W. Gropius Bauatelier Dessau Friedrichsallee 12, various pencil annotations, c.1925/6

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A group of Photographs, by Walter Gropius, comprising: studies of the Bauhaus building Dessau under construction, Gropius' house and the Bauhaus masters house under construction, (53 photographs) three studies of the Eiffel Tower taken in Paris 1926, (one illustrated), 25 related negatives with modern prints and six photographs taken at Bruno Taut's house in Berlin (one illustrated), contact prints, the majority stamped on the reverse W. Gropius Bauatelier Dessau Friedrichsallee 12, various pencil annotations, c.1925/6

Lot Essay

The material in this and the following 11 lots comes from Gropius' personal archive continuously compiled during his life. It was given by Gropius to the present owner in 1968 when he was assisting Gropius in cataloguing and sorting the archive material for dispersal to various institutions.

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