#ernst nipkow

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Corinna Alexandra Rader, Provenance Research, Case 4: The Legacy of Otti Berger at the Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung, Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin, September 2022 (pdf here)

«The reverse side of this photo by Ernst Nipkow contains not only his stamp but also other indications of its provenance, such as Otti Berger's handwriting (»blanket fabric / (to cover up) / ›baby blanket‹«) and the number assigned to it by MoMA (»A.38.2554.B / Dorner) with its reference to Alexander Dorner (1893 – 1957) as lender. Berger had contacted the art historian Dorner, who was head of the Museum of Art of the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, to see if a position might be available for her. She had sent the photos as evidence of her abilities. MoMA turned over the loans from its exhibition to Berger's fiancé Hilberseimer in 1939. Hilberseimer preserved the former MoMA objects for the rest of his life. Several pieces from this group of works entered the collection of the Bauhaus-Archiv through George E. Danforth (1916 – 2007), who was Hilberseimer's heir and the executor of his estate.» – (p. 8)

(image: The reverse side of a photo by Ernst Nipkow with Otti Berger's handwritten annotations and the number assigned to it by MoMA with its reference to Alexander Dorner as the lender. Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, Reverse side of inv. no. 12333/12)

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Raw silk curtain fabric, Ernst Nipkow, 1930-1944, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Gropius Size: image: 22.8 × 17.1 cm (9 × 6 3/4 in.) sheet: 23.3 × 17.5 cm (9 3/16 × 6 7/8 in.) Medium: Gelatin silver print

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/223669

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Translucent dividing curtain (Haus Schminke, Löbau), view of the winter garden with curtain fabric by Otti Berger, Photo by Ernst Nipkow, 1933 [Harvard Art Museums / Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, MA]

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Curtain fabric made of matte artificial silk, Ernst Nipkow, 1930-1944, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Gropius Size: image: 23.5 × 17.2 cm (9 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.) sheet: 24.4 × 18 cm (9 5/8 × 7 1/16 in.) Medium: Gelatin silver print

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/223640

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Couch covering, window and door curtains (Haus Schminke, Löbau), Ernst Nipkow, 1933, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Gropius Size: image: 15.9 × 23 cm (6 1/4 × 9 1/16 in.) sheet: 18 × 24.4 cm (7 1/16 × 9 5/8 in.) Medium: Gelatin silver print

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/223607

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Transluscent dividing curtain (Haus Schminke, Löbau), Ernst Nipkow, 1933, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Gropius Size: 22.9 x 17.1 cm (9 x 6 3/4 in.) Medium: Gelatin silver print

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/219604

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Viscose wall covering, Ernst Nipkow, 1930-1944, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Gropius Medium: Gelatin silver print

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/223670

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Linen slub clothing material, Ernst Nipkow, 1930-1944, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Gropius Size: image: 23.6 × 17.4 cm (9 5/16 × 6 7/8 in.) sheet: 24.3 × 18 cm (9 9/16 × 7 1/16 in.) Medium: Gelatin silver print

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/223608

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Wall covering of plant fibers, Ernst Nipkow, 1930-1944, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs

Berger designed this fabric for villa no. 9 at Berlin's Siedlung Rupenhorn, which was designed by Ludwig Hilberseimer and completed in 1929. Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Gropius Size: image: 23.4 × 17.2 cm (9 3/16 × 6 3/4 in.) sheet: 24.4 × 17.8 cm (9 5/8 × 7 in.) Medium: Gelatin silver print

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/223639