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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Aachen 1886 – 1969 Chicago

Modell der Weissenhof-Siedlung wie gebaut (1927), Ansicht von Norden. 1927

Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 12,3 x 17,2 cm (13,2 x 17,9 cm) (4 ⅞ x 6 ¾ in. (5 ¼ x 7 in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Modell der Weissenhof-Siedlung wie gebaut (1927), Ansicht von Norden. 1927.

Estimate:

EUR 200

 

- 400

USD 270

 

- 541

Sold for:

595 EUR (incl. premium)

auctions 164-167

Photography, Thursday, 04.06.2009

Information

Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 12,3 x 17,2 cm (13,2 x 17,9 cm) (4 ⅞ x 6 ¾ in. (5 ¼ x 7 in.)). On the reverse numbered in red crayon.

All the works of the convolute are from the bequest of Eduard Ludwig (1906-1960), an architect and former Bauhaus student, who worked as an assistant to Mies van der Rohe. Both men kept a life-long friendship. Ludwig had enrolled as a Bauhaus student in 1928. His teachers were Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Josef Albers, Walter Peterhans and Mies. After earning his degree in 1932, Ludwig’s first job was at the Bauhaus building department. After the closing of the school in September 1932, Ludwig worked at Mies’ office in Berlin and, since 1935, also at the studio of Lilly Reich. Today, documents from Ludwig's bequest are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Werkbundarchiv, Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, and Bauhaus Foundation in Dessau, among others.

Karin Kirsch, Die Weissenhof-Siedlung. Werkbund-Ausstellung "Die Wohnung" - Stuttgart 1927, Stuttgart 1987, p. 52 Richard Pommer, Christian F. Otto, Weissenhof 1927 and the Modern Movement in Architecture, Chicago and London 1991, ill. 111

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