Bauhaus Construct - Institut für Kunst
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2.1<br />
Otto Rittweger<br />
and Wolfgang<br />
Tümpel, Stands<br />
with Tea Infusers,<br />
1924, German silver<br />
(Photograph by<br />
Lucia Moholy, 1925,<br />
printed c. 1950),<br />
gelatin silver print,<br />
12.8 × 17.9 cm<br />
(5 1⁄16 × 7 1⁄16 in)<br />
Chapter 2<br />
The Irreproducibility of<br />
the <strong>Bauhaus</strong> Object<br />
Robin Schuldenfrei<br />
Objects produced at the <strong>Bauhaus</strong> occupy an uneasy juncture between the<br />
canonical history of modern art and architecture, period culture, and issues<br />
such as the production and consumption of modernism. 1 In 1923, Walter<br />
Gropius articulated the aims of the <strong>Bauhaus</strong> with the proclamation, “art and<br />
technology—a new unity,” which advanced the use of new materials, more<br />
stripped-down forms, and a spare, functional aesthetic. His successor Hannes<br />
Meyer pronounced instead: “people’s needs instead of luxury needs”<br />
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