Peter Hahn - Experiment Bauhaus: Das Bauhaus-Archiv - 1988
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Experiment Bauhaus: Das Bauhaus-Archiv, by Peter Hahn, is a 428-page illustrated hardcover catalogue (first edition, German, published in 1988 by Bauhaus-Archiv).
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Experiment Bauhaus: The Bauhaus Archive
Edited by Peter Hahn
This is the official catalog published for the historic exhibition held from August 7 to September 25, 1988 at the Bauhaus in Dessau, in the then German Democratic Republic (GDR).
"Experiment Bauhaus" is not just a simple essay, but an impressive exhibition catalog and a historical reference text published at a geopolitically extraordinary moment. The volume documents the 1988 exhibition, when the original Bauhaus building in Dessau (located in the East German state) hosted a vast selection of artworks, objects, and archival documents from the Bauhaus-Archiv in West Berlin.
What the book contains
With its 428 pages, the book offers a scientific and visual overview that includes:
Specialist essays: Insights into the school’s unique pedagogical method, with particular attention to the preliminaries (Vorkurs).
Avant-garde documentation: Analyses of key workshops such as carpentry, metal, and weaving led by Gunta Stölzl, and ceramics.
Relation between art and industry: Critical texts focused on the school’s transition from early expressionist mysticism to functional design for mass production.
Catalogue of works: Hundreds of detailed illustrations spanning architectural projects, famous furniture (such as tubular steel chairs), typographic posters, and period photographs.
The Editors and the Critical Approach
The scholarly work is coordinated by eminent art historians of the movement. Among them stands Magdalena Droste, one of the world’s leading experts on Bauhaus. The texts do not celebrate the movement uncritically; they analyze its “experimental” nature (hence the title Experiment Bauhaus), highlighting internal conflicts, stylistic evolutions, and failures before the regime’s forced closure in 1933.
Condition
The volume is in excellent condition. Cover flawless. Sturdy binding. Interior pages clean without stains, creases, or marginal notes. A superb collector’s copy.
COMBINED SHIPPING available for multiple purchases.
Experiment Bauhaus: The Bauhaus Archive
Edited by Peter Hahn
This is the official catalog published for the historic exhibition held from August 7 to September 25, 1988 at the Bauhaus in Dessau, in the then German Democratic Republic (GDR).
"Experiment Bauhaus" is not just a simple essay, but an impressive exhibition catalog and a historical reference text published at a geopolitically extraordinary moment. The volume documents the 1988 exhibition, when the original Bauhaus building in Dessau (located in the East German state) hosted a vast selection of artworks, objects, and archival documents from the Bauhaus-Archiv in West Berlin.
What the book contains
With its 428 pages, the book offers a scientific and visual overview that includes:
Specialist essays: Insights into the school’s unique pedagogical method, with particular attention to the preliminaries (Vorkurs).
Avant-garde documentation: Analyses of key workshops such as carpentry, metal, and weaving led by Gunta Stölzl, and ceramics.
Relation between art and industry: Critical texts focused on the school’s transition from early expressionist mysticism to functional design for mass production.
Catalogue of works: Hundreds of detailed illustrations spanning architectural projects, famous furniture (such as tubular steel chairs), typographic posters, and period photographs.
The Editors and the Critical Approach
The scholarly work is coordinated by eminent art historians of the movement. Among them stands Magdalena Droste, one of the world’s leading experts on Bauhaus. The texts do not celebrate the movement uncritically; they analyze its “experimental” nature (hence the title Experiment Bauhaus), highlighting internal conflicts, stylistic evolutions, and failures before the regime’s forced closure in 1933.
Condition
The volume is in excellent condition. Cover flawless. Sturdy binding. Interior pages clean without stains, creases, or marginal notes. A superb collector’s copy.
COMBINED SHIPPING available for multiple purchases.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Applied art, Architecture
Book title
Experiment Bauhaus: Das Bauhaus-Archiv
Author/ Illustrator
Peter Hahn
Condition
Fine
Publication year oldest item
1988
Height
29 cm
Edition
1st Edition, Illustrated Edition
Width
23 cm
Language
German
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Bauhaus-Archiv
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
428
