Bauhaus Postcards
In 2009, nearing completion of After Image, we decided to produce a postcard modelled after the original Bauhaus colour experiment of 1923. We sent out some 80 or 90 of these cards and about 70 were coloured in and sent back. Since then, we have managed to display the cards twice at Alcuin Society Wayzgoose shows, but most of the recipients have never seen the other responses. The full selection is shown below, divided into colour choices.
YELLOW TRIANGLE, RED CIRCLE, BLUE SQUARE
RED TRIANGLE, YELLOW CIRCLE, BLUE SQUARE
RED TRIANGLE, BLUE CIRCLE, YELLOW SQUARE
INDIVIDUALISTIC, IDIOSYNCRATIC, & OTHER RESPONSES
BOTH SIDES
These respondents used both sides of the card. Some even affixed the supplied “After Image” stamp, in place of postage. Two of those cards, one from Canada and one from the U.S., were cancelled and delivered with no additional postage added.