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Title: Help to ID this vehicle
Post by: nk on October 15, 2024, 07:56:27 AM

Hi,
I am going through an artist's archive (Barnett Newman who died in 1970) and there is an image of this train. Can anyone help me identify it so that I can include the info in the catalogue?

Thanks in advance.

Narayan

Title: Re: Help to ID this vehicle
Post by: Hydrostat on October 15, 2024, 10:22:49 AM

Hi Narayan,

I'm quite sure it is this benzene electric railcar (https://www.bildarchiv-ostpreussen.de/cgi-bin/bildarchiv/suche/show_foto.cgi?lang=deutsch&id=119287&showmenu=1&bildinfos=1) from former Königsberg (nowadays Kaliningrad). Looks like it is a manufacturer picture taken short before delivery to the railway line. The spreadsheet says that Walter Gropius has been involved in the design of the railcar.

Cheers,
Volker

Title: Re: Help to ID this vehicle
Post by: nk on October 15, 2024, 12:24:29 PM

Thank you so much Volker. It totally makes sense that Newman would have a picture of a train designed by the Bauhaus. I can't tell you how grateful I am.
Narayan

Title: Re: Help to ID this vehicle
Post by: SandiaPaul on October 15, 2024, 04:50:02 PM

Wow a Bauhaus connection to railroads!? And a Barnett Newmann connection too! Cool. Thanks for posting

Title: Re: Help to ID this vehicle
Post by: Hauk on October 16, 2024, 02:29:46 AM

An interesting piece of rolling stock. But it deserves a more positive image!

BN Train neg.jpg

Title: Re: Help to ID this vehicle
Post by: nk on October 16, 2024, 10:32:53 AM

Thanks for the printed image. Its so much easier to see.

Once the image and the text gets approved it will end up in this micro-site: Barnett Newman Studio Material (https://harvardartmuseums.org/publications/special-collections/barnett-newman-s-studio-material)

When you are a famous artist this is what people do to all the stuff you left in your studio!

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