Child’s Wardrobe
- Date
- c.1924
- Material
- Painted wood and linoleum
- Classification
- Furniture
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 51 3/16 x 35 1/2 x 19 5/8 in. (130 x 90.2 x 49.8 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum Shop Fund
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 83:2004
Provenance
by 1924 -
Private Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany, ordered from the Bauhaus Weimar
- 1990
Private Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany, by inheritance [1]
1990
Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, Cologne, Germany, acquired from a private collector
1990 - 2003
Private Collection, Düsseldorf, purchased from Galerie Ulrich Fiedler
2003 - 2004
Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, acquired from a private collector
2004 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Galerie Ulrich Fiedler [2]
Notes:
The main sources for this provenance are the information sheet provided by Galerie Ulrich Fiedler and an email from Ulrich Fiedler [undated information sheet; email, October 15, 2004, SLAM document files].
[1] A Düsseldorf collector inherited the wardrobe from his mother, who ordered it directly from Bauhaus Weimar. Since Bauhaus moved to Dessau, Germany in 1924, she must have acquired the wardrobe no later than that date.
[2] Invoice dated November 20, 2004 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 30, 2004.
Private Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany, ordered from the Bauhaus Weimar
- 1990
Private Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany, by inheritance [1]
1990
Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, Cologne, Germany, acquired from a private collector
1990 - 2003
Private Collection, Düsseldorf, purchased from Galerie Ulrich Fiedler
2003 - 2004
Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, acquired from a private collector
2004 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Galerie Ulrich Fiedler [2]
Notes:
The main sources for this provenance are the information sheet provided by Galerie Ulrich Fiedler and an email from Ulrich Fiedler [undated information sheet; email, October 15, 2004, SLAM document files].
[1] A Düsseldorf collector inherited the wardrobe from his mother, who ordered it directly from Bauhaus Weimar. Since Bauhaus moved to Dessau, Germany in 1924, she must have acquired the wardrobe no later than that date.
[2] Invoice dated November 20, 2004 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, November 30, 2004.
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