Historic New England

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Typed letter from Hanna Lindemann to Walter Gropius (lieber pius) on white paper, affixed to larger sheet of white paper. Signed by Lindemann.

Date: 1953

Maker: Lindemann, Hanna (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333330

Accession Number: 1984.54.105

Black and white printed images of architecture, architectural model, aerial view of geographical features, and abstract image mounted on white mat. Paper with typed name (hans fischli) affixed to lower right hand corner.

Date: 1953

Maker: Fischli, Hans, 1909-1989 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333331

Accession Number: 1984.54.106

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage composed of a painting with a caption and inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: Lange, Emil, 1884-1968 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 333332

Accession Number: 1984.54.71

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white picture mounted on off-white mat. Picture depicts sculptural relief with text above three human figures above stylized flames. Handwritten inscriptions on mat in black ink from artist to Walter Gropius.

Date: 1953

Maker: Peretti, Fritz, 1895-1978 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333333

Accession Number: 1984.54.76

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage composed of a print framed in cream paper with an inscription on front and a drawing in pencil on the back.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 333334

Accession Number: 1984.54.57

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph of woven textile mounted on brown mat with handwritten inscription (A) and separate sheet of paper with handwritten inscriptions (B).

Date: 1953

Maker: Ribbentrop-Leudesdorff, Hortense Lore, 1902-1986 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 333335

Accession Number: 1984.54.20AB

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Two architectural drawings mounted on white mat with handwritten inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: Batz, K. (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333336

Accession Number: 1984.54.99

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Two black and white photographs mounted on white mat with handwritten captions. Larger, leftmost photograph depicts wooden sculpture; smaller photograph depicts head of a man (possibly artist). Decorative border of blue and white striped paper on right edge of mat.

Date: 1953

Maker: Eggers, Alf (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333337

Accession Number: 1984.54.47

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph and typed letter mounted on white board. Photograph depicts a man in profile reading.

Date: 1953

Maker: Noesselt, Mirka (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333338

Accession Number: 1984.54.110

Fur Muff

Brown fur hand muff.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333436

Accession Number: 1969.5646

Fur Cuff

Fur cuff with light brown shearling and black silk lining, hook and eye closure.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, silk (fiber)

GUSN: 333437

Accession Number: 1969.5647

Fur Cuff

Unlined fur cuff.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333438

Accession Number: 1969.5648

Fur Collar

Fur collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333439

Accession Number: 1969.5649

Fur Headband

Brown fur headband.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333440

Accession Number: 1969.5650

Fur Cuff

Unlined fur cuff.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333441

Accession Number: 1969.5651

Print of a Ship

Print of a painting of a ship. Mounted on board. Hangs by a ribbon. Printed backing paper states: "Homeward Bound" by Bernard Gribble, printed by Raphael Tuck and Sons, London England.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 333444

Accession Number: 1931.801

Chest

Six panel chest with straight feet and unusual carving on the front panels and the top rail, the front legs and rails are molded. "WW" is carved on the front panel.

Date: 1660-1710

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 333446

Accession Number: 2018.46.1

Carved Bed

Twin bed frame of carved wood. Headboard has two rounded posts with carved decoration of three panels with carved curtains bracketed by a row of connected circles with a four-spoke design. The footboard has similar rounded posts with etched vertical lines and an arched pattern in the slat between ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 333450

Accession Number: 2018.47.1A-D

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage composed of a grey paper strip on the right and fabric with sections cut out to frame a photographic print of a woman, a picture, and typed inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: Ehrman, Marli, 1904-1982 (Artist)

Material: cloth, ink, photographic prints, paper (fiber product), pictures (two-dimensional representations)

GUSN: 333504

Accession Number: 1984.54.4

Portrait of Mary Gordon Barker by Lucy Hayward Barker

Portrait (A) of Mary Gordon Barker by Lucy Hayward Barker. The painting is of a seated woman, with short hair, holding a red book on her lap. She is wearing and ivory colored blouse, with a loosely tied bow, brownish suit jacket, and a ring on her left finger. Oil on canvas with gold frame (B)

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 333680

Accession Number: 2018.57.1AB

Portrait of Mary Gordon Barker by Lucy Hayward Barker

Half-length portrait, in charcoal on paper, of a girl in three quarter view. She is wearing a Peter Pan collar and her hair is pulled back with a bow.

Maker: unknown

Material: charcoal pencils, paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 333681

Accession Number: 2018.57.2

Portrait of Mary Gordon Barker by Lucy Hayward Barker

Half-length portrait, in charcoal on paper, of a young woman with short hair and wearing a collard shirt.

Date: 1932

Maker: unknown

Material: paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 333682

Accession Number: 2018.57.4

Self portrait of Lucy Hayward Barker

Self portrait of the artist, charcoal on paper. She is wearing glasses, a tutleneck, and a hat with feather on one side.

Maker: unknown

Material: charcoal (plant material), paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 333683

Accession Number: 2018.57.3

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage on top of gold paper of an illustration of a long-legged bird, possibly a crane, with a black-and-white photograph of a woman's face positioned as if the bird is holding it in its mouth. Lower right corner of the illustration bears the artist's signature.

Date: 1943

Maker: Bayer, Joella Syrara Haweis, 1907-2004 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 333920

Accession Number: 1984.58.47

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Image of yellow lilies affixed to a yellow card. Two paper tags bearing the artists' signatures are tied around the stem of the flower image with white string and are also adhered to the card.

Date: 1943

Maker: Forbes, Edward Waldo, 1873-1969 Forbes, Margaret Laighton, 1907-1966 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 333922

Accession Number: 1984.58.30

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black-and-white image of a weaving loom and shuttle affixed to a yellow card. Image bears the artist's signature in its lower right corner.

Date: 1943

Maker: Ehrman, Marli, 1904-1982 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 333923

Accession Number: 1984.58.32

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

An image of a matador that has been recolored and embroidered with gold thread, gold beads, and pink sequins, affixed to a gold card, with a different man's face adhered over the head of the matador. A small handwritten inscription is located to the right of the matador's calf. A label with an inscr...

Date: 1943

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), thread, beads (pierced objects), sequins (spangles), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 333924

Accession Number: 1984.58.33

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white image of a man placing a white chair in a dollhouse, mounted on yellow card.

Date: 1943

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), adhesive

GUSN: 333925

Accession Number: 1984.58.34

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Image of two linked rings, one red and one blue, affixed to gray card. Each ring bears a distinct signature.

Date: 1943

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333926

Accession Number: 1984.58.35

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Islamic miniature-style painting with Arabic script in upper right corner, possibly in gouache, affixed to gold paper. Painting depicts a man with a stringed instrument and a woman behind him cupping his face affectionately.

Date: 1943

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 333927

Accession Number: 1984.58.37

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Blue and white paper, mounted on red card, bearing inscription in pink colored pencil.

Date: 1943

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 333928

Accession Number: 1984.58.38

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black-and-white image of a work of art by Kandinsky mounted on light mauve paper, mounted on gold paper. Inscription in black ink identifies the image and artist of the birthday card.

Date: 1943

Maker: Possibly Mierendorff, Carl, 1897-1943 (Assembler) Kandinsky, Wassily Wassilyevich, 1866-1944 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 333929

Accession Number: 1984.58.39

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Silhouette of a bulding with a smoking chimney cut out of white paper, possibly Stubbins's letterhead, with artist's name and business printed in red ink. Silhouette bears artists' signatures and is affixed to a blue card.

Date: 1943

Maker: Stubbins, Hugh, 1912-2006 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 333930

Accession Number: 1984.58.20

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage of pieces of maps of California and Massachusetts affixed to white card. A photographic slide depicting a man and a woman is taped to the front of the card. Two labels bearing the names of the artists are affixed to the back of the card.

Date: 1943

Maker: Wurster, William Wilson, 1895-1973 (Artist) Wurster, Catherine Krouse Bauer, 1905-1964 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), slides (photographs), adhesive, ink

GUSN: 333931

Accession Number: 1984.58.21

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Card with images on front cover and interior. Front: Black-and-white image of a person in profile, affixed to blue card, with artist's signature written in white ink. Inside left: Illustration of a woman standing in front of a red and yellow house affixed to silver card. Inside right: Black-and-whit...

Date: 1943

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 333932

Accession Number: 1984.58.22

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photographs of a man and mountains affixed to an illustration of pork hanging in a cold storage room. Inscriptions identify the illustration and offer a birthday message from the artist.

Date: 1943

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 333933

Accession Number: 1984.58.23

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Four black-and-white images affixed to a pink card. Two depict the same man, two depict the same woman.

Date: 1943

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), adhesive

GUSN: 333934

Accession Number: 1984.58.24

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black-and-white image of buildings set in a landscape affixed to a black card. The lower edge of the image bears two signatures and a caption identifying the landscape.

Date: 1943

Maker: Conant, Kenneth John, 1894-1984 (Artist) Conant, Maria S. (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 333935

Accession Number: 1984.58.25

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Handwritten message on paper affixed to red-and-white striped card. Gold star stickers are affixed to the message at each corner of the piece of paper.

Date: 1943

Maker: Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 333936

Accession Number: 1984.58.26

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage of an image of a metal structure, an image of a man standing over a blueprint, and a piece of brown paper bearing the artist's signature, all affixed to a white card.

Date: 1943

Maker: Wachsmann, Konrad, 1901-1980 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 333937

Accession Number: 1984.58.27

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Handwritten message in black ink on white paper affixed to a blue card.

Date: 1943

Maker: Perry, Ralph Barton, 1876-1957 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 333938

Accession Number: 1984.58.28

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black-and-white image of the artist, bearing the artist's signature, mounted on a white card with a decorative border made out of red tape.

Date: 1943

Maker: Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990 (Artist)

Material: photographic paper, paper (fiber product), tape (materials), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 333939

Accession Number: 1984.58.10

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A floral design in pen and paint on silver paper with handwritten inscriptions. The silver paper is mounted on a black-and-white piece of patterned paper which is mounted on a blue card.

Date: 1943

Maker: Gummere, Richard Mott, 1883-1969 (Artist) Gummere, Christine Robinson, 1885-1964 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 333940

Accession Number: 1984.58.11

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

The front of the card bears a black-and-white image of a man collaged onto a black-and-white image of a woman sitting in a field. Both images are mounted on a red card. A separate card with the artists' signatures is affixed to the back of the card.

Date: 1943

Maker: Bogner, Walter, 1899-1993 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 333941

Accession Number: 1984.58.12

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage of a black-and-white image of a man, woman, and child, a card bearing the artist's signature, and a partial map of the United States affixed to a blue card.

Date: 1943

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 333942

Accession Number: 1984.58.14

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Card decorated on both sides. The front bears two black-and-white images of a woman, possibly the artist, and a decorative red paper border on the right side. The back has an image of a light blue handprint, the printed name of the artist, and a handwritten inscription by artist.

Date: 1943

Maker: Cooke, Mary (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 333943

Accession Number: 1984.58.17