Lot 382
Gropius, Walter (1883-1969) German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School. Typed letter signed, 1 page, 11 x 8½ in, Cambridge, Mass., December 24, 1959. To Maria Piscator. "I send you enclosed six photos and a text photostat regarding The Total Theater which I designed in 1929 for Piscator. In the photos you find the various positions of the stage….The basic idea was to bring audience and performer into a close relation. The whole arrangement has been patented. I still hope that one day such a theater will be built….Of these photos nothing is left any more, therefore, they are precious to me; and I must ask you to return them…." The recipient was the wife of Erwin Piscator, the pioneering avant-garde theatrical producer and director. The drawings for the Total Theater are part of the archive at the Harvard Art Museum/Busch-Reisinger Museum.
Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500.
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