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class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, Photo: Florian de Br\u00fcn<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row ho-pattern-optional-text'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 padding-top-third'>\n<reveal inline-template :margin=\"-130\" :mobile-margin=\"-110\"   :scroll-top-after-close=\"false\" :scroll-to-reveal-position-after-close=\"false\">\n\t<div class=\"content-reveal-wrapper\" :class=\"{'content-reveal-open': active }\" >\n\t\t<content-reveal :open=\"active\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class='content-reveal-content'>\t<p class='ho-sd-body'>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/content-reveal>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"content-reveal-controls\" @click=\"toggle\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"reveal-controls-open\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"ho-button is-primary has-icon-left\">\n\t<span class=\"ho-button-icon icon-plus\"><\/span>\n\t<span class=\"ho-button-label\">Extended image 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class='col col-xs-12 text-align-center mobile-text-align-center'>\t<p class='ho-sd-metadata'>Date:<br>ca. 1924 (reconstruction from 1967)<br><br>Inventory number:<br>2923<br><br>Object type:<br>Study<br><br>Technique \/ Material:<br>Wood and plexiglass<br><br>Dimensions:<br>52 x 80 x 70 cm<br><br>Provenance:<br>Donation Federal Republic of Germany, 1968<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-md-offset-1 color-fg-highlight-2'>\t<p class='ho-sd-body'>After Johannes Itten left the Bauhaus, L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Moholy-Nagy and Josef Albers took over the compulsory preliminary course and supplemented it with exercises on construction, balance and the appropriate use of materials. 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