Bauhaus Stairway
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"Bauhaus Stairway" is a 1932 painting by German-American artist Oskar Schlemmer, depicting a stylized view of students ascending the staircase of the Bauhaus art school.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bauhaus Stairway canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8649527 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bauhaus Stairway Context triple: [Bauhaustreppe, hasTitleTranslation, Bauhaus Stairway]
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A.
Black and White Stairway
Black and White Stairway is a distinctive ceremonial staircase at the ancient Andean site of Chavín de Huántar, notable for its contrasting stonework and ritual significance.
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B.
Staircase
"Staircase" is a large-scale, translucent fabric installation by artist Do Ho Suh that recreates and memorializes the stairways of his former homes to explore memory, displacement, and personal space.
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C.
Roundhouse
The Roundhouse is a renowned performing arts and concert venue in Camden, London, known for its distinctive circular architecture and innovative cultural programming.
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D.
Giant Stairway
The Giant Stairway is a steep walking track in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, that descends from the Three Sisters near Echo Point into the Jamison Valley via hundreds of steps and ladders.
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E.
Jordan Staircase
The Jordan Staircase is a grand, richly decorated ceremonial staircase in the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, renowned for its opulent Baroque architecture and role in imperial court rituals.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bauhaus Stairway Target entity description: "Bauhaus Stairway" is a 1932 painting by German-American artist Oskar Schlemmer, depicting a stylized view of students ascending the staircase of the Bauhaus art school.
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A.
Black and White Stairway
Black and White Stairway is a distinctive ceremonial staircase at the ancient Andean site of Chavín de Huántar, notable for its contrasting stonework and ritual significance.
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B.
Staircase
"Staircase" is a large-scale, translucent fabric installation by artist Do Ho Suh that recreates and memorializes the stairways of his former homes to explore memory, displacement, and personal space.
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C.
Roundhouse
The Roundhouse is a renowned performing arts and concert venue in Camden, London, known for its distinctive circular architecture and innovative cultural programming.
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D.
Giant Stairway
The Giant Stairway is a steep walking track in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, that descends from the Three Sisters near Echo Point into the Jamison Valley via hundreds of steps and ladders.
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E.
Jordan Staircase
The Jordan Staircase is a grand, richly decorated ceremonial staircase in the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, renowned for its opulent Baroque architecture and role in imperial court rituals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting ⓘ |
| artForm | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| collection | The Museum of Modern Art collection ⓘ |
| colorCharacteristic |
muted palette
ⓘ
pastel tones ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | copyrighted ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator | Oskar Schlemmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorAffiliation | Bauhaus school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | German-American ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation |
choreographer
ⓘ
painter ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| depictionLocation | Bauhaus school staircase NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
architectural space
ⓘ
ascending figures ⓘ interior of the Bauhaus school ⓘ staircase ⓘ students ⓘ |
| depictsPerspective | upward view along a staircase ⓘ |
| describedAs | stylized view of students ascending a staircase ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | The Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | modernist painting ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
modernist depictions of architecture
ⓘ
representations of the Bauhaus in art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
geometric forms
ⓘ
rectilinear architecture ⓘ stylized human figures ⓘ |
| inception | 1932 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Bauhaus Dessau building NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York City
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| location | The Museum of Modern Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Bauhaus art school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Bauhaus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | German ⓘ |
| productionYear | 1932 ⓘ |
| style |
figurative abstraction
ⓘ
geometric abstraction ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| theme |
collective movement
ⓘ
modern architecture ⓘ modern education ⓘ |
| titleVariant | Bauhaustreppe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bauhaus Stairway Description of subject: "Bauhaus Stairway" is a 1932 painting by German-American artist Oskar Schlemmer, depicting a stylized view of students ascending the staircase of the Bauhaus art school.
Referenced by (1)
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