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PP/24/10/19 - [Letter, Ise & Walter Gropius to Jack & Molly Pritchard, 29/5/64]

Reference code
PP/24/10/19
Level of description
Item
Title
[Letter, Ise & Walter Gropius to Jack & Molly Pritchard, 29/5/64]
Date/s
1964
Quantity & Format
1 leaf Letters (typescript and MS)
Personal name
Bayer, Herbert 1900-1985
Lindemann, Hanna
Forberg, Charles
Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969
Subject
Isokon Furniture Company
Designer Club (New York)
Bauhaus
University of Baghdad
Cities and towns -- Planning -- United Kingdom -- Manchester
John F. Kennedy Federal Building (Boston, Mass.)
Creator
Gropius, Ise.
Creator
Pritchard, John Craven,
Administrative/Biographical history
recipient
Creator
Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969
Administrative/Biographical history
recipient
Scope and content
Ise is please with news of the revival of Isokon Furniture Company (sent to them by Hanna Lindemann). Walter has been presented with another medal for 'design', following a keynote speech by Herbert Bayer at the Designers Club of New York. She discusses the recent interest in the Bauhaus particularly the books published and the plan to build a new Archive for the Bauhaus at Darmstadt. Walter is still busy with his 'Gropius-Stadt' in Berlin, The University of Baghdad and the Federal Building in Boston. Charles Forberg is working on the United States contribution to the Biennale in Milan
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