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Title: New Bauhaus scrapbook, 1936-1938
Date: 1936-1938
Description: Thirty-seven page scrapbook with hand made fabric covered box with lower case letter b (for Bauhaus) on font in silver metal. Scrapbook (16 x...
Show moreThirty-seven page scrapbook with hand made fabric covered box with lower case letter b (for Bauhaus) on font in silver metal. Scrapbook (16 x 16”) has black plastic covers, spiral bound with manila card stock pages. Includes news clippings and tear sheets from periodicals about the opening of The New Bauhaus as well as the academic catalogue and program announcements, and a letter from Walter Gropius (5/18/1937) recommending Laszlo Moholy-Nagy as director. Creator unknown, assumed to be affiliated with the New Bauhaus.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Students in front of the New Bauhaus entrance, Chicago, Illinois, 1937
Creator: Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984
Date: 1937
Description: Photograph of students in front of the New Bauhaus building, formerly the Marshall Field mansion.
Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: László Moholy-Nagy with hand sculptures, ca. 1945
Date: 1945
Description: Photograph of László Moholy-Nagy with hand sculptures. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate, based on...
Show morePhotograph of László Moholy-Nagy with hand sculptures. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate, based on notation found adjacent to photograph.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: László Moholy-Nagy
Description: Photograph of László Moholy-Nagy in profile. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown.
Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Student with sculpture, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1940s
Date: 1940-1949
Description: Photograph of an unidentified Chicago School of Design or Institute of Design student applying what appears to be plaster to a constructed...
Show morePhotograph of an unidentified Chicago School of Design or Institute of Design student applying what appears to be plaster to a constructed form. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Buckminster Fuller, 1948
Date: 1948
Description: Photomontage portrait of Buckminster Fuller, 1948. Fuller, then an instructor at Black Mountain College, spent the winter of 1948 teaching at...
Show morePhotomontage portrait of Buckminster Fuller, 1948. Fuller, then an instructor at Black Mountain College, spent the winter of 1948 teaching at the Institute of Design, when this portrait was likely produced. Photographer/creator unknown.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Institute of Design students working in the product design workshop, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s
Date: 1950-1959
Description: From attached caption: "Belden Dunn and Hideo Koike are shown making basic parts for an experimental space platform in the product design...
Show moreFrom attached caption: "Belden Dunn and Hideo Koike are shown making basic parts for an experimental space platform in the product design workshop at the Institute of Design of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. A section of a bridge structure is shown in the foreground." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Herbert Read lecture at the Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois, April 23, 1946
Creator: Sokolite, Frank
Date: 1946-04-23
Description: Photograph of the audience at a lecture by Herbert Read at the Institute of Design.
Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Untitled
Creator: Lerner, Nathan, 1913-1997
Date: 1937-1945
Description: Untitled photograph by Nathan Lerner depicting a wooden sculpture with smaller shapes casting shadows on a square base. The verso features an...
Show moreUntitled photograph by Nathan Lerner depicting a wooden sculpture with smaller shapes casting shadows on a square base. The verso features an Institute of Design stamp, though it is unknown if this photograph dates from Lerner's time as a student or member of the faculty. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Advertisement for Saturday Morning Children's Club at Chicago School of Design, 1944
Creator: Chicago School of Design
Date: 1944
Description: Advertisement for Saturday Morning Children's Club, a multidisciplinary children's art workshop offered by the Chicago School of Design,...
Show moreAdvertisement for Saturday Morning Children's Club, a multidisciplinary children's art workshop offered by the Chicago School of Design, featuring artwork by two local children. The date listed is uncertain, but inferred from the pencil notation on recto.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Walter Groupius: Architect Teacher program, 1953
Date: 1953
Description: Program for Walter Gropius: Architect Teacher, a retrospective exhibit of Gropius' work in honor of his 70th birthday. A birthday luncheon was...
Show moreProgram for Walter Gropius: Architect Teacher, a retrospective exhibit of Gropius' work in honor of his 70th birthday. A birthday luncheon was held on May 18, 1953 at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago. The exhibit, organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, in conjunction with the Busch-Reisinger Museum of Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, opened on May 18, 1953 in the Metallurgy and Chemical Engineering building on IIT's campus, and ran until June 15. Creator unknown, probably Illinois Institute of Technology.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Institute of Design student forging metal, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1940s
Date: 1940-1949
Description: Unidentified student in the metalworking workshop at the Institute of Design. As photograph is undated, it may have been taken when the school...
Show moreUnidentified student in the metalworking workshop at the Institute of Design. As photograph is undated, it may have been taken when the school was named Chicago School of Design (1939-1944). Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Advertisement for Saturday Morning Children's Club at Chicago School of Design, 1944
Creator: Chicago School of Design
Date: 1944
Description: Advertisement for Saturday Morning Children's Club, a multidisciplinary children's art workshop offered by the Chicago School of Design,...
Show moreAdvertisement for Saturday Morning Children's Club, a multidisciplinary children's art workshop offered by the Chicago School of Design, featuring artwork by two local children. The date listed is uncertain, but inferred from the pencil notation on recto.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

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