T. Lux Feininger

The Bauhaus Band in 1927, in costume (Heinrich Koch, Werner Jackson, Clemens Röseler, Andor Weininger, Georg Fulda)

   

Die Bauhauskapelle von 1927 in Kostüm (Heinrich Koch, Werner Jackson, Clemens Röseler, Andor Weininger, Georg Fulda), (The Bauhaus jazz band)
The Bauhaus Band in 1927, in costume (Heinrich Koch, Werner Jackson, Clemens Röseler, Andor Weininger, Georg Fulda) Repro: MAIN
  • 1927, in Dessau
  • Negative untraceable; Copy-film negative produced by the artist 1980, inscr. upper right: 160, 90 x 120 mm

  • Prints known:
    1. Private collection, vintage, gelatin silver paper, size not known. Verso inscr. by the artist: photo Lux F. l. to r.: Heinrich Koch (with "bummbass" or "Devil's fiddle" Werner "Jackson" (Isaacsohn) Alexander Schawinsky Clemens Röseler Andor Weininger (note: man at l. w/banjo was not a bandmember, J. Fulda) nor even a Bauhaus student [date uncertain probably 1928], and Inv. Nr.
    2. Sold by Lempertz Köln, auction 1199, 1 June 2022, Photography, lot 522: Bauhaus-Kapelle, Dessau, 1927, vintage. Gelatin silver print, 127 x 175 mm. Verso inscr. by Xanti Schawinsky: BauhausKapelle, 1927, Dessau Von links: Heinrich Koch-bumbass Jura Fulda (Berlin)-Banjo Jacobson-Schlagzeug Xanti Schawinsky-saxophon Clemens Röseler-banjo Andreas Weininger-Piano. Round label: 5A, further inscr.: Estate of Xanti Schawinsky; private collection Switzerland.
    3. Bauhaus Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin, Inv. Nr. 2018/552.1-44, Tokayer Album (Photographs 1931-1939, size of object: 259 x 355 x 25 mm), firmly mounted on page 10, gelatin silver print, 114 x 159 mm

    Copy prints known:
    I. Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, Anonymous Gift, Inv. Nr.: BR49.243, copy print made from a photograph lent by the artist in 1949, gelatin silver print, 113 x 170 mm
    II. Bauhaus Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin, Inv. Nr.: F8769, copy print around 1960, 127 x 175 mm. Verso inscr. upper left label: The Bauhaus Band, pencil: oben echt ansetzen, vertical left stamp: HANS MARIA WINGLER, center red stamp: For study purposes only. No reproduction without permission, black stamp: THE LIBRARY. MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, center: 485c, 441, 489, 6297 49, 147B 135H, L I - 37A, lower right blue stamp: BAUHAUS-ARCHIV, and Inv. Nr.
    III. Bauhaus Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin, Inv. Nr.: F140, copy print, gelatin silver print, 85 x 118 mm, inscr. lower left: Clemens +. Verso label by Tokayer: Clemens Rössler BH-Kapelle 1928, blue stamp: BAUHAUS-ARCHIV DARMSTADT Inventar . Nr. F140

  • TLF: "The BH Band in 1927, in costume (G. Fulda, banjo (guest player, not a BH student); Heinrich Koch, "devil's fiddle"; Werner Jackson, drums; Alexander Schawinsky, saxophone; Andor Weininger, piano; Clemens Röseler, banjo" [201]

  • Themes:  Bauhaus

Exhibitions

Ausdruckstanz und Bauhausbühne. 2019 Hannover, (Album Schawinsky, Repro/copy)

Xanti Schawinsky - Malerei, Bühne, Grafikdesign, Fotografie. 1986 Berlin

T. Lux Feininger - Photographs of the Twenties and Thirties. 1980 New York, Nr. 16.

Literature

METROMOD Global Metropolises Modern Art and Exile. Helene Roth 2021 München

The Roaring Twenties / Los locos años veinte. Cathérine Hug,  u.a./et al 2021 Zürich, Bilbao, S./p. 111, Abb./ill. [Album]

Von Art School bis Underground Club. Anna Braun 2021 Münster/New York, S./p. 73, Abb./ill. #19

The Album Xanti Schawinsky Torsten Blume 2015 Zürich

Der Sprung über das Bauhaus - Das photographische Werk von T. Lux Feininger. Ulrike Staroste 2012 Berlin, S./p. 46, 62, 111. Abb./ill. 51.

Feininger - Eine Künstlerfamilie. Ursula Merkel [Hg./ed.], Wolfgang Büche, T. Lux Feininger,  u.a./et al 2001 Karlsruhe, S./p. 65, Abb./ill.

T. Lux Feininger: Von Dessau nach Amerika - Der Weg eines Bauhäuslers. Wolfgang Büche [Hg./ed.], T. Lux Feininger, Ulrich Luckhardt, Emilie Norris 1998 Halle, S./p. 125, Abb./ill.

Oskar Schlemmer - Das Triadische Ballett und die Bauhausbühne. Dirk Scheper 1988 Berlin, S./p. 73. Abb./ill. 53. [1928]

Xanti Schawinsky - Malerei, Bühne, Grafikdesign, Fotografie. Peter Hahn, Hans Heinz Holz, Barbara Paul, Dirk Scheper,  u.a./et al 1986 Berlin, S./p. 54, Abb./ill.

The Bauhaus and T. Lux Feininger: Photographs of a famous institution and life in that era. Jacob Deschin 1980 New York, Abb./ill.

47 Bauhaus Fotographs 1927-1931. T. Lux Feininger 1980 New York, Nr. 16. Abb./ill.

Bauhaus und Bauhäusler - Bekenntnisse und Erinnerungen. Eckhard Neumann [Hg./ed.], T. Lux Feininger, Walter Gropius,  u.a./et al 1971 Bern, S./p. 160, Abb./ill.

Bauhaus and Bauhaus People. Eckhard Neumann [Hg./ed.], T. Lux Feininger, Walter Gropius,  u.a./et al 1970 New York, S./p. 190, Abb./ill.

BAUHAUS - The Bauhaus Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, Chicago. Hans M. Wingler 1969 Cambridge, MA, S./p. 485, Abb./ill. d

Das Bauhaus - Weimar, Dessau, Berlin 1919-1933. Hans M. Wingler 1968 Köln, S./p. 461, Abb./ill. (um 1929, NN)

Bauhaus Weimar 1919-25 - Dessau 1925-28. Herbert Bayer [Hg./ed.], Ise Gropius [Hg./ed.], Walter Gropius [Hg./ed.], Alfred H. Barr, Alexander Dorner 1938 New York, S./p. 175, Abb./ill.

Bauhaus 1919-1928. Herbert Bayer [Hg./ed.], Ise Gropius [Hg./ed.], Walter Gropius [Hg./ed.], Alfred H. Barr, Alexander Dorner 1938 New York, S./p. 175, Abb./ill.

Tokayer-Album 1931-1939 Dessau u.a., S./p. 10, Abb./ill.

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