81 - Bauhaus—State Bauhaus Weimar 1919–1923. This volume was published by the State Bauhaus in Weimar and Karl Nierendorf in Cologne. Weimar and Munich, Bauhausverlag [1923]. Includes nine color lithographs and eleven color plates, as well as numerous illustrations, most of which are full-page. Original black cardboard binding with red-and-blue embossing on the front cover.

Bauhaus—State Bauhaus Weimar 1919–1923. This volume was published by the State Bauhaus in Weimar and Karl Nierendorf in Cologne. Weimar and Munich, Bauhausverlag [1923]. Includes nine color lithographs and eleven color plates, as well as numerous illustrations, most of which are full-page. Original black cardboard binding with red-and-blue embossing on the front cover. Auction start time: approx. 12:46 p.m. (schedule subject to change) First and only edition. - One of 2,000 copies in German; 300 copies each were also published in English and Russian. - With color lithographs by Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack (2), Rudolph Paris, Peter Keller/Farkas Molnar, Kurt Schmidt (2), Marcel Breuer, Fritz Schleifer, and Herbert Bayer. - Typography by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy; cover design by Herbert Bayer. The renowned Weimar printing firm Dietsch & Brückner was commissioned to print the color plates and lithographs and to produce the cover. - “The first comprehensive programmatic text of the Bauhaus” (Bolliger) was published on the occasion of the major exhibition in 1923 and just a few months before the politically motivated closure of the Weimar Bauhaus and the move to Dessau. It is arguably the most important contemporary documentation, featuring contributions in text and images on the Bauhaus’s ideas and structure, its theory of form, buildings, workshops, and architecture, with contributions from all major Bauhaus members. - The text pages are printed on chamois-colored Japanese handmade paper; the illustrated pages are on art paper. - An exceptionally fine copy. Documentation Library I, 33. - Wingler 562. - The A and O of the Bauhaus 42 with figs. 3, 52, and 53. - Fleischmann p. 79ff. - Söhn HDOG 506 24.5 × 25.5 cm. 225, [1] pages (including plates). - Cover paper slightly split at the joints; front cover slightly stained. English description: Includes nine color lithographs and eleven color plates, as well as numerous illustrations, most of which are full-page. Original black cardboard binding with red-and-blue embossing on the front cover. First and only edition. - One of 2,000 copies in German; 300 copies each were also published in English and Russian. - With color lithographs by Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack (2), Rudolph Paris, Peter Keller/Farkas Molnar, Kurt Schmidt (2), Marcel Breuer, Fritz Schleifer, and Herbert Bayer. - Typography by László Moholy-Nagy; cover design by Herbert Bayer. The renowned Weimar printing firm Dietsch & Brückner was commissioned to print the color plates and lithographs and to produce the cover. - “The first comprehensive programmatic text of the Bauhaus” (Bolliger) was published on the occasion of the major exhibition in 1923 and just a few months before the politically motivated closure of the Weimar Bauhaus and its move to Dessau. It is arguably the most important contemporary documentation, featuring contributions in text and images on the Bauhaus’s philosophy and structure, its theory of form, buildings, workshops, and Bauhaus architecture, with contributions from all the major Bauhaus figures. - The text pages are printed on chamois-colored Japanese handmade paper; the illustrated pages are printed on art paper. - An exceptionally beautiful copy. Cover paper slightly cracked along the seams; front cover with slight staining.