[Photographs of German trade show displays]. 1929-1932.

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[Photographs of German trade show displays]. 1929-1932.

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The portfolio contains two sets of photographs by Marianne Brandt documenting German trade show displays of food products, toiletries, household goods, and other items produced by the Allgemeiner Konsumverein Chemnitz and the Deutscher Konsumverein Hamburg.

17 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 22 x 28.5 cm. or smaller, on mounts 32.2 x 25 cm.

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Deutscher Konsumverein Hamburg.

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Allgemeiner Konsumverein Chemnitz.

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Brandt, Marianne, 1893-1983

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Marianne Brandt (1893-1983) enrolled in the Bauhaus in 1924 where she was the first woman to study in the metal workshop. She succeeded her teacher, László Moholy-Nagy, as the workshop's director in 1928. After leaving the Bauhaus in 1929, she worked for a brief period in Walter Gropius's firm before becoming head of the applied arts design division at the Ruppelwerke metalwork factory, a position she held until 1932 when the collapse of the German economy caused her to return to her hometown ...