Herbert Bayer
Glass Eyes

cropped recto of sheet

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Glass Eyes
cropped recto of sheet
ArtistAmerican, born Austria, 1900–1985
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Glass Eyes
  • from the portfolio Bauhaus
Datec. 1928
PlaceDessau, Germany
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 11/16 × 8 7/16 in. (27.1 × 21.4 cm)
Sheet: 12 × 9 3/8 in. (30.5 × 23.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Galerie Rudolph Kicken
Object number88.106.11
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Kicken Berlin, Berlin]; given to MFAH, 1988.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "The Eyes Have It" December 12, 1994 through February 26, 1995

Exhibited in "Up in the Air: Photography at the Bauhaus" at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, August 19th -November 4, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom right corner below image in pencil " Bayer "

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