Historic New England

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Engraving print with handwritten inscription below

Maker: Baschant, Rudolf, 1897-1955 (Artist)

Material: engravings (prints), pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 247179

Accession Number: 1984.54.65

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Pencil drawing of a staircase and a door.

Date: 1953

Maker: Weiss, Gertrud Ursula (Artist)

Material: drawings (visual works)

GUSN: 247180

Accession Number: 1984.54.66

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage with a black and white photographic print of a man by a window and a printed inscription

Date: 1953

Maker: Lang, Lothar, 1928-2013 (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, ink, printing (process)

GUSN: 247181

Accession Number: 1984.54.67

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Charcoal drawing of a landscape with two handwritten inscriptions below.

Date: 1953

Maker: Kloidt, Erich (Artist)

Material: charcoal paper, drawings (visual works), paper (fiber product), ink, charcoal (plant material)

GUSN: 247182

Accession Number: 1984.54.68

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage of a drawing, a handwritten inscription, a typed inscription, and attached published material

Date: 1953

Maker: Ruegg-Leuthold, Melanie, d. 1986 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 247185

Accession Number: 1984.54.70

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage on black paper with with text on three white shapes and two women with clothings made of photographic prints of textiles and yarn

Date: 1953

Maker: Birman-Oestreicher, Lisbeth, 1902-1989 (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, paper (fiber product), ink, stamps (tools), prints (visual works)

GUSN: 247186

Accession Number: 1984.54.72

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph depicting an interior setting, mounted on white card with printed inscription below.

Date: 1953

Maker: Sendker, Hendirk, 1906-1968 (Artist)

Material: photographic paper, paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247187

Accession Number: 1984.54.75

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage composed of a magazine article mounted on green paper, drawing of a house, and an inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: Neufert, Ernst, 1900-1986 (Artist)

Material: ink, pencils (drawing and writing equipment), articles, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247188

Accession Number: 1984.54.77

Black and white photograph mounted on wahite card. Photograph depicts a building with elaborate architectural details; the view is partially obstructed by a sculpture in the foreground of the photograph as well as a garden arch.

Date: 1953

Maker: Breutel, Erich (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite pencils

GUSN: 247189

Accession Number: 1984.54.78

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white print and handwritten letter set in a single mat. Print depicts a boat on reflective water with celestial object (possibly moon) in the sky above. Print bears inscriptions in pencil in lower left and lower right corners.

Date: 1953

Maker: Hartogh, Rudolf Franz, 1889-1960 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247190

Accession Number: 1984.54.79

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Two black-and-white photographs mounted on off-white mat with handwritten message in German. Photographs depict carved wooden marionettes.

Date: 1953

Maker: Heymann-Ahlfeld, Marianne, 1905-2003 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247191

Accession Number: 1984.54.80

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Drawing with a handwritten message

Date: 1953

Maker: Schreyer, Lothar, 1886-1966 (Artist)

Material: drawings (visual works), pencils (drawing and writing equipment), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247192

Accession Number: 1984.54.81

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white image of an architectural plan mounted on card with handwritten inscription. Image bears the seal of Israel and Hebrew text identifying it as a construction plan of Jerusalem.

Date: 1953

Maker: Probably Weinraub, Munio, 1909-1970 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247193

Accession Number: 1984.54.82

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Printed poster mounted on off-white mat. Poster depicts a sporting arena. Multiple inscriptions on mat in black and brown ink in at least two different hands with possibly three different signatures.

Date: 1953

Maker: Ortner, Rudolf, 1912-1997 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247194

Accession Number: 1984.54.85

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Two colored pencil drawings mounted on off-white mat. Drawing on the left depicts two stylized figures; drawing on the right bears a curled, abstracted design. Pencil inscriptions in the borders of both drawings, as well as one in the lower right hand corner of the mat.

Date: 1953

Maker: Levedag, Fritz, 1899-1951 (Artist) Levedag, Maria

Material: paper (fiber product), colored pencils, graphite pencils

GUSN: 247195

Accession Number: 1984.54.86

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage with one photographic print and two additional prints of a chess set and a handwritten message

Date: 1953

Maker: Hartwig, Josef, 1880-1955 (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, prints (visual works), paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247196

Accession Number: 1984.54.87

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A picture with a black background and four faces in a white paper frame with handwritten inscriptions on left, right, and below picture

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), pencils (drawing and writing equipment), paint (coating), ink

GUSN: 247197

Accession Number: 1984.54.88

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black-and-white semicircular photographic print with a handwritten caption and message.

Date: 1953

Maker: Hoffmann-Lederer, Mila (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247198

Accession Number: 1984.54.89

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Four black and white images printed onto board, possibly good quality cardboard, with handwritten inscription in ink along lower edge.

Date: 1953

Maker: Goldberg, Bertrand, 1913-1997 (Artist)

Material: ink, cardboard

GUSN: 247200

Accession Number: 1984.54.93

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Assortment of black and white photographs mounted on off-white mat with handwritten captions. Business card for Alcar Rudelt affixed to upper right hand corner of obverse.

Date: 1953

Maker: Rudelt, Alcar (Artist)

Material: photographic paper, paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247201

Accession Number: 1984.54.96

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Painting in a paper frame with a handwritten inscription

Date: 1953

Maker: Borchers, Heinz, 1898-1972 (Artist)

Material: paint (coating), pencils (drawing and writing equipment), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247202

Accession Number: 1984.54.97

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A drawing of boats and a city.

Date: 1953

Maker: Watenphul, Max Peiffer , 1896-1976 (Artist)

Material: ink, ink washes, pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 247203

Accession Number: 1984.54.100

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photographic print mounted on black mat. Print depicts man in a suit in front of a building with typed text in lower right hand corner.

Date: 1953

Maker: Bormann, pat2Heinrich-Siegfried, 1909-1982 (Artist)

Material: photographic paper, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247204

Accession Number: 1984.54.101

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Painting (possibly gouache or watercolor) depicting a stylized man with an oversized mustache holding an unknown object, possibly a flute or magic wand. Attached note at left border is inscribed in German.

Date: 1953

Maker: Hess, Christel (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, paint (coating)

GUSN: 247205

Accession Number: 1984.54.103

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Woven image made of yarn in maroon, dark green, dark gray, white, and tints of yellow. Depicts a hand holding a flower by the stem with a message woven in white yarn.

Date: 1953

Maker: Reichardt, Margaretha, 1907-1984 (Artist)

Material: yarn

GUSN: 247206

Accession Number: 1984.54.104

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Painting of a face with a handwritten message

Date: 1953

Maker: Citroen, Roelof Paul, 1896-1983 (Artist)

Material: drawing paper, paintings (visual works), paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247207

Accession Number: 1984.54.107

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Abstract image in black, red, and white paint on paper with pencil inscription. Mounted on off-white mat.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), paint (coating)

GUSN: 247208

Accession Number: 1984.54.108

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Pencil drawing of a woman holding or massaging her foot, mounted on off-white mat. Pencil inscription in lower left corner of drawing.

Date: 1953

Maker: Marcks, Gerhard (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite pencils

GUSN: 247209

Accession Number: 1984.54.109

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Woodcut print in black ink on white paper, mounted on gray mat. Print depicts a stylized cow. Inscription in pencil on border of paper below image.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, graphite pencils

GUSN: 247211

Accession Number: 1984.54.112

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Drawing, possibly of a landscape, in black marker on paper. Inscription along top edge of paper.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247212

Accession Number: 1984.54.113

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Woven textile with birds and letters mounted on solid textile background.

Date: 1953

Maker: Stolzl, Gunta, 1897-1983 (Artist)

Material: textile materials, cloth

GUSN: 247213

Accession Number: 1984.54.114

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage with two photographic prints, a handwritten signature, and a paper strip on the right side of yellow and white diagonal stripes.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic prints, ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247214

Accession Number: 1984.54.115

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Pastel drawing mounted in off-white mat. Drawing depicts abstract geometric and organic shapes and patterns. Pencil inscription on lower right border of mat.

Date: 1953

Maker: Kerkovius, Ida, 1879-1970 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), oil pastels, graphite pencils

GUSN: 247215

Accession Number: 1984.54.116

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A picture of a black and white partial cube on a blue wash background with a handwritten message.

Date: 1953

Maker: Feininger, T. Lux, 1910-2011 (Artist)

Material: pencils (drawing and writing equipment), wash (coating), paint (coating), paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247216

Accession Number: 1984.54.117

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

An abstract painting mounted on cream paper with a handwritten message.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: paint (coating), ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247217

Accession Number: 1984.54.118

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph mounted on white mat. Photograph depicts a group of men and women in suits and dresses.

Date: 1953

Maker: Scheper, Hinnerk, 1897-1957 (Artist)

Material: photographic paper, paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247218

Accession Number: 1984.54.119

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Patterned fabric with black wavy lines mounted on off-white mat. Possible brown discoloration due to adhesive. Handwritten inscription from artist to Walter Gropius in black ink between lines of design.

Date: 1953

Maker: Albers, Anni

Material: cloth, paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 247219

Accession Number: 1984.54.120

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Pencil drawings on paper with inscriptions. Drawings depict a stylized bull and a building.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite pencils

GUSN: 247220

Accession Number: 1984.54.121

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

13 pages of annotated transcript in German, each mounted on off-white paper. 1 page mounted on same off-white paper with an attached black-and-white photograph of Oskar Schlemmer, typed inscription, and signature of Tut Schlemmer.

Date: 1953

Maker: Schlemmer, Helena Tutein, 1889-1987

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247221

Accession Number: 1984.54.122

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Abstract image in ink and paint, possibly watercolor, with washes of pink, green, taupe, and light brown. Image is mounted on off-white card. Two distinct signatures inscribed below image.

Date: 1953

Maker: Aubock, Carl, 1924-1993 (Artist) Aubock, Mara Utschkunova (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, paint (coating)

GUSN: 247222

Accession Number: 1984.54.111

Daguerreotype, portrait

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248333

Accession Number: 1985.102

Daguerreotype Portrait

Dauguerreotype; portrait of a woman; in frame.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248334

Accession Number: 1985.103

Daguerreotype Portrait

Daguerreotype portrait of a woman wearing a bonnet; in frame

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248335

Accession Number: 1985.104

Daguerreotype Portrait

Dugerreotype portrait of a woman; in frame.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248336

Accession Number: 1985.556

Playing cards

Box of "Patience" playing cards. White box [A] with lid [B] and divided interior. Contains two decks of cards [C+D] with rounded corners, one deck with green geometric medallion design on back and the other with red foliate design. Box has navy blue text and floral decoration.

Maker: Thomas De La Rue & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), cardboard

GUSN: 244311

Accession Number: 2006.44.3589A-D

Floorcloth

Painted burlap floorcloth. Small geometric design consisting of concentric squares with red "chili pepper" motif in center, alternating with beige diamonds with red petal motif in center. Overall colors of brown, green, beige and red.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 244313

Accession Number: 1976.143

Patience playing cards

Red cardboard box with hinged lid [A] containing two decks [B+C] of "Patience" playing cards. One deck has red medallion design, the other is navy blue. Both decks in original paper wrappings.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), cardboard

GUSN: 244314

Accession Number: 2006.44.3590A-C

Tintype Photo Album

Miniature photograph album containing tintypes of dogs set into round mats. Red leather-bound with brass clasp.

Maker: unknown

Material: tintype (process), leather, brass (alloy)

GUSN: 244315

Accession Number: 1971.418

Looking Glass

English looking glass featuring a single plate of glass and ornate frame consisting of scalloped skirt with carved, gilt sprig decoration; elaborate crest with scalloped pediment inset with carved, gilt sprigs and topped by a gilt griffin finial; sides of frame decorated with carved gilt acorns and ...

Date: 1770

Maker: Jackson, William, 1731-1810 (Importer)

Material: English walnut (wood), spruce (wood), veneer, gilding, carving (processes)

GUSN: 244316

Accession Number: 1980.80

Typewriter

Folding typewriter [A] in fitted hard leather case [B] with handle. Black metal Corona typewriter with round metal keys. Roller bar mechanism folds down over keys when typewriter in not in use. With original instruction booklet.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, gears, springs (elastic objects)

GUSN: 244317

Accession Number: 2006.44.3591AB

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