{"product_id":"desk-in-exile-a-bauhaus-object-traversing-different-modernities-paperback","title":"Desk in Exile: A Bauhaus Object Traversing Different Modernities - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeah Hsiao\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books)), \u003cb\u003eAleksandra Kedziorek\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books)), \u003cb\u003eThomas Lehner\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow can a heavy cherry wood desk tell a story of exile and migration? Walter Gropius' writing desk was designed as part of a collective furniture ensemble for the 1923 Bauhaus exhibition in Weimar.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the Bauhaus moved to Dessau, the desk moved with it, landing in the director's office, where it was used as a demonstration of a vision of a modern office culture. The desk took up residence temporarily in the Lawn Road Flats in London before following Gropius to Lincoln, Massachusetts, in 1938. It has remained in Lincoln since then and is currently in the Gropius family's private home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn index of the changing fortunes of the Bauhaus, Gropius' desk itself becomes an actor in a complex history of changing locations and social environments. \u003ci\u003eDesk in Exile\u003c\/i\u003e traces the trajectory of this uniquely weighted object, offering a model of an object-based history of exile. Part of Spector Books' series of readers on individual aspects of Bauhaus design, this volume comes out of the research and curatorial work carried out by the Bauhaus Lab 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 5.7 x 4.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729923117119,"sku":"9783959051224","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/822e96721450cac19781f42eb99f96e7.webp?v=1765124116","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/desk-in-exile-a-bauhaus-object-traversing-different-modernities-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}