PP/24/7/26 - [Letter, Walter Gropius to Jack Pritchard, 15/2/45]

Reference code

PP/24/7/26

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, Walter Gropius to Jack Pritchard, 15/2/45]

Date/s

1945

Quantity & Format

2 leaves Letters (typescript)

Personal name

Itten, Johannes, 1889-1967

Subject

Furniture

Creator

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969

Creator

Pritchard, John Craven,

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Discusses information sent to Pritchard concerning furniture design and mentions the rise in the Swedish designs. Gropius mentions Itten, (with whom Gropius worked at the Bauhaus and where he disagreed with his half-religious approach), who moved to Switzerland and may wish to come to England. Other news discussed is that Gropius can't come to England at the moment and [Alvar] Aalto's visit

PP - Pritchard Papers
- PP/24 - Walter and Ise Gropius
  - PP/24/7 - Section 7. 1937-1949 Gropius in America
    - PP/24/7/26 - [Letter, Walter Gropius to Jack Pritchard, 15/2/45]

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