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WALTER GROPIUS and ADOLF MEYER, 1883-1969, 1881-1

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Ten sets of door handles with lock plates, ca. 1922

Nickle-plated metal. Each set: 6 ¼ x 5 in. (15.9 x 12.7 cm). Manufactured by S.A. Loevy, Germany (40).



Literature: Klaus Weber, Die Metallwerstatt Am Bauhaus, exh. cat., Bauhaus-Archiv Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin, 1992, p. 208, fig. 168 for a similar example; Stefan Reinke, et al., Design: Made in Germany, Cologne, 2000, p. 21

Chiat/Day advertising company commissioned Frank O. Gehry to design their new offices, which were to become one of Gehry's most well-known commissions.  During the construction of the building, Chiat/Day's temporary offices were housed in a 42,000 square foot warehouse.  A central feature of the offices was the 54-foot space which Gehry designed in the shape of a fish, using wooden ribs and sheet metal.  This space was used as the central conference room and this room is where the present lot was housed.

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