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Klee, Felix, 1907-1990

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Und Doch Dessau (Letter to Karla Grosch) / Klee, Felix., 1927

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Identifier: CC-61962-56614
Scope and Contents The box was made by Timothy Ely. The letter deals with Felix Klee's declaration of Love for Karla Grosch, three years his senior in age, Internet: Karla Grosch (1904-1933) came to the Bauhaus in Dessau in the summer semester of 1928 to work as the head of the female physical education course. Apart from Gunta Stölzl, the master of the Bauhaus weavery, Grosch was the only female teacher at the Bauhaus in Dessau. She was born in Weimar in 1904 and graduated as a dancer from the famous Gret Palucca in Dresden. At the Bauhaus, Grosch took also part in various stage performances, as for example in Oskar Schlemmer's "Glass dance" and "Metal dance", which premiered in the context of a guest performance at the Volksbühne in Berlin in 1929. Grosch stayed at the Bauhaus until 1932. She was closely linked to the family of Paul Klee and lived in a room of Klee's master's house from 1928 until 1930. During her time at the Bauhaus, Grosch had a suspense-packed love affair with the actor Max...
Dates: 1927