Important 20th Century Design 
3 December 2006
Important 20th Century Design 
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Oskar Schlemmer

Drachen Fest card

Germany, 1921
ink and watercolor on paper 5½ h × 3¾ w in (14 × 10 cm)
estimate: $9,000–12,000
result: $9,600
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Schlemmer made this invitation card in 1921 when he joined the Bauhaus and moved to Weimar. The example is one of few known hand-colored impressions of this card.
literature: Das frühe Bauhaus und Johannes Itten, Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin and Kunstmuseum Bern 1994/95, no. 378

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