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Collections

Peter Keler
Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar 1919-1923circa 1923

Not on view
Abstract painting with five rectangles in black, gray, and white on a white ground, arranged in a diagonal staircase pattern
Abstract composition on white ground within a black border: a soft-edged circular form with dense black center fading to a fine speckled halo in the upper half, above a horizontal gray band and a centered gray rectangle at bottom.
Graphic composition with five geometric and calligraphic elements on white: two gray squares with circles (one white, one black) in the upper register; a central receding concentric square creating an illusion of depth; and two paired rectangular panels below featuring bold cursive script with diagonal lines, one on white ground and one inverted on black.
Architectural design print on white ground, showing a flat unfolded elevation plan divided into three labeled sections—Seite, Decke, Seite—in German text above. The central panel features geometric shapes in yellow, black, blue, and gray, with two bold red arrows pointing in opposite directions. Vertical German text reading "DURCH" appears at right in red and black letterforms.
Black and white print of an abstract constructivist composition: a vertical assemblage of geometric forms including a tilted grid, triangular frame, horizontal ladder-like bands, and a rectangular base, rendered in gray, black, and white with crisp edges.
Pencil and ink drawing combining mechanical and organic forms, arranged along a grid of ruled horizontal and vertical lines. Concentric circles, curved biomorphic shapes, and geometric elements including a funnel and cylindrical forms are distributed across the composition, with a looping freehand line weaving through the center. Signature visible at lower right.
Artist or Maker
Peter Keler
Germany, Kiel, 1898-1982
Artist or Maker
Fritz Schleifer
Germany, 1903-1977
Artist or Maker
Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack
Germany, also active Australia, 1893-1965
Artist or Maker
Marcel Lajos Breuer
Hungary, also active Germany, England, and United States, 1902-1981
Artist or Maker
Herbert Bayer
Austria, also active Germany and United States, 1900-1985
Artist or Maker
Rudolf Paris
Artist or Maker
Bauhausverlag
Title
Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar 1919-1923
Place Made
Germany, Weimar and Munich
Date Made
circa 1923
Medium
Printed material and nine lithographs on wove paper
Dimensions
See individual entries
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds
Accession Number
83.1.41a-i
Classification
Books
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

  • Reed, Orrel P., German expressionist art: the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection: prints, drawings, illustrated books, periodicals, posters. Exhibition Catalogue. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977.