Part of:

People:

Bruno Taut (draughtsman)
Bruno Taut (correspondence writer)
Unidentified member of Die gläserne Kette (correspondence writer)
Bruno Taut (author)
Die gläserne Kette (correspondence writers)
Wenzel Hablik (correspondence writer)
Paul Goesch (correspondence writer)
Max Taut (correspondence writer)
Die gläserne Kette (archive creator)

Title:

Material from Bruno Taut mostly for Die gläserne Kette

Date:

1919-1920

Description:

Part of a miscellaneous group of visual and textual documents collected by Oswald Mathais Ungers, apparently to represent the work of artists/architects in Die gläserne Kette. This group includes both text and drawings from Die gläserne Kette, as well as other correspondence. Texts are mostly reprographic copies of letters, with a few typescripts and manuscripts. The documents were accessioned as received in a grey folder inscribed with Taut's name and pseudonum and including a smaller paper folder inscribed "Not published."

Form:
drawings
textual records

Quantity / Object type:
1 file(s)

Extent and medium:

25 textual records
5 drawings

Dimensions:

sheets (range [some irreg.]): 13,5 to 35,1 x 16,1 to 49,9 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0023:001-017

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

Some letters are joined by a metal fastener at the u.l. Some prints have been trimmed irregularly. Both DR1988:0023:002 and DR1988:0023:008 have the same letterhead. All of the ten reproductions of letters, carbon copies of letters and letters are one page in length, except DR1988:0023:012:001-004, which has four pages.

Inscription:

signed - by the author, correspondent or draughtsman, in pen and black ink or purple pencil, on many of the reprographic copies and on many of the originals, in various locations: with "Bruno Taut"; "Glas"; "GLAS"; "Glasgruss"; "Taut"; or "B.T." dated - by the author, correspondent or draughtsman, in pen and black ink or typescript, on many of the originals and reprographic copies, usually in u.r. or l.r.: with day, month, and year inscribed - by the author or correspondent, in graphite, on some of the reprographic copies, in various locations: with corrections to the text imprinted - on DR1988:0023:002, possibly in letterpress, u.l.: "IN BÜROGEMEINSCHAFT: / BRUNO TAUT / MAX TAUT / FRANZ HOFFMANN / ARCHITEKTEN ..." inscribed - on DR1988:0023:015, by the correspondent, in pen and black ink, u.l.: "Glas! ..." inscribed - on DR1988:0023:015, by an unknown hand, in graphite, u.r.: "Max! ..." inscribed - on DR1988:0023:017, by an unknown hand, on the original, u.r.: "Diese Kopie: Original grüpe der ZeidD g."

Location:

Germany

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal