Historic New England

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

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

Fireplace screen

Pair of wire mesh fire place screens that pull closed with two metal handles.

Date: 1937

Maker: unknown

Material: base metal

GUSN: 248725

Accession Number: 1984.989

Vase

Cylindrical, brown, "amber glass" glass vase with thick bubbled glass.

Date: 1937-1983

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248726

Accession Number: 1984.990

Acorn

Acorn without cap.

Maker: unknown

Material: organic

GUSN: 248743

Accession Number: 1984.1005

Candlestand

Candlstand with three legs; round tip-top; turned stem; paint decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating), paint by composition or origin

GUSN: 248783

Accession Number: 1949.423

Reverse Painting on Glass

Rectangular reverse painting on glass; depicts pastoral; ancient ruins and statuary; trees and other foliage; with five figures in 18th century attire.

Date: 18th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248784

Accession Number: 1949.424

Print of Daniel Joseph Hamilton

Print of a man's portrait; matted; framed; depicts Daniel Joseph Hamilton (1784-1878).

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248786

Accession Number: 1949.425

Coat of Arms of the Hamilton Family

Coat of arms; matted; framed;

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248787

Accession Number: 1949.426

Wall Mirror

Empire-style; rectangular vertical wall mirror; gold frame with spool turnings and four decorative squares at each corner.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248788

Accession Number: 1949.429

Mug

Ceramic; mochaware mug; basket-weave pattern in alternating cream and blue colors.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248790

Accession Number: 1949.430

Print Engraving of Indian Chief "Edmund Kean Esq."

Engraving depicts Indian chief with right arm raised; ceremonial attire; landscape setting; matted with inscription; framed.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248792

Accession Number: 1949.431

Work Table

Three-drawer sewing table; three pairs of turned wooden knobs on drawers; oval-shaped cylindical cabinet; slender groved and turned legs with ball feet; groved, column-like decoration on either side of the drawers supporting a rectangular top; half-circle cabinets swing open on sides.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248793

Accession Number: 1949.435