Katt Both

Katt Both
Katt Both in the Wassily chair
Born1905 (1905)
Waldkappel, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died1985 (aged 79–80)
Kassel, West Germany
NationalityGerman
MovementBauhaus

Katt Both (1905–1985) was a German photographer, furniture designer and architect.[1][2]

Both studied furniture design at the Bauhaus from 1924 to 1928, under László Moholy-Nagy.[1][2] Following this she worked for the brothers Hans and Wassili Luckhardt in Berlin.[2] In March 1929 Otto Haesler in Celle hired her, where she was the first woman architect.[2] Her work is included in the collections of the Getty Museum,[3] the Art Gallery of New South Wales,[1] the Minneapolis Institute of Art.[4]

See also

  • Children's chair, 1927, by Katt Both
    Children's chair, 1927, by Katt Both
  • Children's armoire, 1927 by Katt Both
    Children's armoire, 1927 by Katt Both

References

  1. ^ a b c "Atikah-cigarette, 1930-1931 by Katt Both". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au.
  2. ^ a b c d Maasberg, Ute (18 December 2018). ""We learned nothing"". deutschland.de. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Katt Both (Getty Museum)". The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles.
  4. ^ "Atikah Cigarettes, Katt Both; Publisher: Rudolf Kicken Gallery ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art". collections.artsmia.org.

Further reading

  • Corinna Isabel Bauer: Bauhaus and Tessenow students . Kassel University Library, Kassel 2010, p. 330–332 ( d-nb.info - dissertation, completed in 2003).
  • Patrick Rössler , Elizabeth Otto : Women at the Bauhaus. Pioneering modern artists . Knesebeck, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-95728-230-9 , pp. 88-89.
  • Ute Maasberg, Regina Prinz: The new ones are coming! Female avant-garde in the architecture of the twenties . Junius, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-88506-550-9 , p. 73-78 .
  • Simone Oelker: Otto Haesler. A career as an architect in the Weimar Republic . Dölling and Galitz, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-935549-15-6 , pp. 316-317 .
  • Renate Petzinger, Christine Jachmann: Contemporary witnesses . In: Union internat. Des femmes architectes, Section Federal Republic e. V. (Ed.): Architectural History. *Catalog. On the history of women architects and designers in the 20th century; a 1st compilation . Berlin 1987, p. 47–48 (contains interview with Katt Both).