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Article: Bauhaus anniversary show draws many visitors
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- August 2, 2009
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BERLIN -- It's all there: the well-known desk lamps, the original
metal tube chairs and models of boxy white buildings.
Ninety years after the founding of the Bauhaus school, a new
exhibition in Berlin brings together the collections of three
museums for the largest celebration ever of the most famous and
influential school of avant-garde art and design in the 20th
century.
The 1,000 objects that are presented in 18 galleries at the
Martin-Gropius-Bau museum in Berlin extend far beyond the familiar
images of Bauhaus.
There are little-known paper cuttings by Bauhaus students,
expressionist paintings by their teachers, metal sculptures,
pottery, a chess board and even a sleekly designed baby ...