Lotte Stam-Beese
The Bauhaus Weavers, Dessau

The Bauhaus Weavers, Dessau
The Bauhaus Weavers, Dessau
The Bauhaus Weavers, Dessau
CultureGerman
Titles
  • The Bauhaus Weavers, Dessau
Date1928
PlaceDessau, Germany
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 3 5/16 × 3 5/16 in. (8.4 × 8.4 cm)
Sheet: 4 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (11.9 × 9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2333
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionAlthough
she would later break into the male-dominated architectural field, Lotte
(Charlotte) Stam Beese entered the Bauhaus, the revolutionary art and design
school in Dessau, Germany, in 1926 to study weaving. There, she also practiced
photography, adopting the freewheeling approaches that characterized Bauhaus
photography, such as the bird’s-eye view shown here, which records a tapestry
of her fellow student weavers gathered in a formation that attests to their
camaraderie and high spirits.

ProvenanceGunta Stölzl, Küsnacht, Switzerland; Eckhard Neumann, Frankfurt; [Galerie 1900-2000, Paris]; purchased by Manfred Heiting, September 29, 1991; given to MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Utopia/ Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 March - 10 June, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black ink, verso, top center: Eckhard Neumann
Inscribed in ink, verso, center: Weberein // BH Dessau // 1928
Inscribed in ink, verso, lower left: Gunta Stolzl

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