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Lot #503
Walter Gropius Signed Invitation for the University of Baghdad Project

Estimate: $600+

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Highly influential German architect (1883-1969) who founded the Bauhaus and designed its building in Dessau, and whose other important buildings include the Harvard Graduate Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Pan Am Building in New York City. Printed invitation for a private preview of The Architects Collaborative’s design for the new University of Baghdad, 8.5 x 11, signed at the conclusion in ink, “Walter Gropius.” The invitation identifies the government of Iraq as the commissioning body and announces the preview for Saturday, December 6th, at four p.m., at 63 Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with cocktails offered. In fine condition, with faint edge toning.

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