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As a former Bauhaus student, Peter Keler (1898-1982) worked in Weimar on painting, color design and woodwork. From 1975, Peter Keler worked for around seven years as a “Tecta employee”, as he called himself.
His Bauhaus cradle from 1922, designed from a blue circle, a yellow triangle and a red rectangle make Kandinsky’s color theory tangible.
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Original drawing, 1922 – the cradle was originally part of a range of beds, designed for the use of a small family
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Letter from Peter Keler, 1981 – from 1975 onwards, in-depth interaction took place between Axel Bruchhäuser and Peter Keler
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Drawing D1, 1925 – the armchair was intended for a house designed by Farkas Molnar called “Roter Kubus” (Red Cube)
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At first glance, it seems like a break with conventional ideas of a cradle: Peter Keler’s cradle design dates back to the beginnings of the Bauhaus in 1922. Consisting of a blue circle, yellow triangle and red square, it makes tangible the influence exerted by the synaesthetic colour theory of teacher Wassily Kandinsky on Peter Keler. At the same time, it embodied the first idea of a floating, rocking and rolling object that became a symbol of the Bauhaus. It was originally intended for a furniture competition initiated by Walter Gropius to design beds for a man, woman and toddler. View product
