Bauhaus Stairway

Identifier: 597.1942
Title: Bauhaus Stairway
Description: The Bauhaus school was premised on a utopian vision of society based on the integration of technology, art, design, and life. Originally founded in 1919 by architect Walter Gropius in Weimar, Germany, the school moved to Dessau in 1925 and finally to Berlin in 1932. Schlemmer, who taught at the school from 1920 to 1929, made Bauhaus Stairway in response to an announcement that, under pressure from the Nazi party, the school was to close. The Bauhaus shut its doors in 1933, the year after he created this painting.
Artist: Oskar Schlemmer
Date: 1932
Subject: Painting
Medium: canvas paintings
Dimensions: 63 7/8 x 45" (162.3 x 114.3 cm)
Rights: Gift of Philip Johnson
Source: MoMA Collection. Item: 597.1942