Kurt Kranz was born at Emmerich on the Rhine in 1910 and joined the Bauhaus in 1930. In 1950 he became an Assistant Professor to the Hamburg Academy of Art. During much of the 1930s, Kranz headed Herbert Bayer's Dorland Studio in Berlin. He held a number of visiting professor or similar positions in the United States: Tulane University (1957-1958); University of California, Santa Barbara (1965); Academy of Honolulu(1966); Nihon University, Tokyo; and Harvard (1967-1968). The Chammber of the Turk series of watercolors were included in the circulation exhibition by the Smithsonian Institute 1973-1975 entitled "kurt kranz bauhaus and today."
Dimensions
56 X 75.5 cm
Size Overall
69 X 89 cm
Medium
watercolor
Condition
Painting has fallen down in front of mat window, and as a result the tape behind the painting is revealed at the top edge.
Euclid's Elements of geometry : books I and II, with explanatory notes, and a series of questions on each book : designed for the use of the junior classes in public and private schools
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Julian's interest tables, : containing an accurate calculation of interest, at 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 per cent., both simple and compound on all sums from 1 cent to $10,000, and from one day to six years
The making of the empire : the story of our colonies, from the earliest times to 1895 with additional chapter bringing the record down to December 1897
"Authorized for use in the Schools of Manitoba, authorized for use in the Schools of British Columbia, authorized for use of Model School Students' of Ontario"
Papers of a conference sponsored by the University of Manitoba Faculty of Agriculture and Home Economics and the Iowa State University Center for Agricultural and Economic Development