Johannes Itten (Swiss, 1888–1967)

House of the White Man (Haus des weißen Mannes) from the portfolio New European Graphics, 1st Portfolio: Masters of the State Bauhaus, Weimar, 1921 (Neue europäische Graphik, 1. Mappe: Meister des Staatlichen Bauhauses in Weimar, 1921)

Date:

(1920, published 1921)

Medium:

Lithograph

Dimensions:

composition (irreg.): 9 7/8 x 9 7/16" (25.1 x 24 cm); sheet: 13 3/4 x 11 1/8" (35 x 28.2 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove.

Publisher:

Müller & Co. Verlag, Potsdam

Printer:

Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar

Edition:

110 (including a deluxe edition of 10 on Japan paper and a regular edition of 100 on various German papers [this ex.]); plus 20 artist's proofs

Credit Line:

Gift of Peter Selz

Copyright:

© 2016 Johannes Itten / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / PROLITTERIS, Switzerland

Reference:

Rotzler/Itten 222. Söhn 101-4.

MoMA Number:

647.1965

Techniques:

Lithography