First edition of the iconic monograph published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by Philip Johnson and held in 1938 at the Museum of Modern Art New York marking the tenth anniversary of the end of Walter Gropius’s tenure at the Bauhaus. Edited by Herbert Bayer, Walter Gropius, and Ise Gropius with a preface by Alfred Barr Jr. and an introductory essay by Alexander Dorner. Typography and cover design by Bayer. Together, the exhibition and book introduced Bauhaus design, architecture, and pedagogy to a broad American audience, shaped the canonical understanding of the Bauhaus for decades, and helped establish MoMA as the leading American institution in design and architecture. Features work by all the Bauhaus faculty including Gropius, Bayer, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, László Moholy-Nagy, Marcel Breuer, Josef Albers, Lyonel Feininger, Oskar Schlemmer, Hannes Meyer, Mies van der Rohe, Anni Albers, Gunta Stolzl, Max Bill, Xanti Schawinsky, Johannes Itten Marianne Brandt, Josef Hartwig, Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Christian Dell, Otto Lindig, and others. 4to (7.75” x 10.25”). yellow cloth stamped in black and red, 224 pages with 550 b/w illustrations. Lacking the elusive dust jacket, but scarce in the first edition nonetheless. An essential and foundational text of 20th century modernism. Rear hinge partially split. Some rubbing and soiling to extremities, with small damp stains to boards, not affecting interior. Fraying to spine ends and corners.
First edition of the iconic monograph published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by Philip Johnson and held in 1938 at the Museum of Modern Art New York marking the tenth anniversary of the end of Walter Gropius’s tenure at the Bauhaus. Edited by Herbert Bayer, Walter Gropius, and Ise Gropius with a preface by Alfred Barr Jr. and an introductory essay by Alexander Dorner. Typography and cover design by Bayer. Together, the exhibition and book introduced Bauhaus design, architecture, and pedagogy to a broad American audience, shaped the canonical understanding of the Bauhaus for decades, and helped establish MoMA as the leading American institution in design and architecture. Features work by all the Bauhaus faculty including Gropius, Bayer, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, László Moholy-Nagy, Marcel Breuer, Josef Albers, Lyonel Feininger, Oskar Schlemmer, Hannes Meyer, Mies van der Rohe, Anni Albers, Gunta Stolzl, Max Bill, Xanti Schawinsky, Johannes Itten Marianne Brandt, Josef Hartwig, Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Christian Dell, Otto Lindig, and others. 4to (7.75” x 10.25”). yellow cloth stamped in black and red, 224 pages with 550 b/w illustrations. Lacking the elusive dust jacket, but scarce in the first edition nonetheless. An essential and foundational text of 20th century modernism. Rear hinge partially split. Some rubbing and soiling to extremities, with small damp stains to boards, not affecting interior. Fraying to spine ends and corners.
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