Prellerhaus Balconies, Bauhaus, Dessau
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print (printed 1984)
- Dimensions
- 10 3/4 x 7 in. (27.31 x 17.78 cm) (image) 11 15/16 x 9 3/8 in. (30.32 x 23.81 cm) (sheet)
- Genre
- Photographs
Tags
Germany
About
Looking up at the side of a tall building with small balconies extending outward, the photographer’s acutely angled view emphasizes the abstract quality of this Bauhaus structure. Prellerhaus was a dormitory building completed in 1926. Its 28 studio flats were lent to some of the most promising artists and designers of the Bauhaus, a school founded by the architect Walter Gropius with the idea of uniting fine art and craft.