first edition
1923 · Weimar-Munchen
by [BAUHAUS] GROPIUS, Walter
Weimar-Munchen: Bauhausverlag, 1923. First and only edition of the famous Bauhaus manifesto, issued in an edition of 2000 copies on the occasion of the Bauhaus exhibition in August-September 1923. The colored plates include original lithographs by Herbert Bayer, Marcel Breuer, L. Hirschfeld-Mack (2), R. Paris, P. Keler and W. Molar, K. Schmidt (2), and F. Schleifer. The texts are by Gropius, Kandinsky, Klee, Moholy-Nagy, and Oskar Schlemmer. Tiny abrasions to the corners at the head of the spine, otherwise a fine unfaded copy. 4to, 226 pages, 20 color plates, 147 halftone illustrations. Tiny abrasions to the corners at the head of the spine, otherwise a fine unfaded copy. (Inventory #: 23256)