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Artist
László Moholy-Nagy (American, born Hungary, 1895–1946)American, born Hungary, 1895–1946
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Untitled
Date1929
MediumGelatin silver print, photogram
DimensionsImage: 9 5/16 × 11 3/4 in. (23.7 × 29.8 cm)
Sheet: 9 5/16 × 11 3/4 in. (23.7 × 29.8 cm)
Sheet: 9 5/16 × 11 3/4 in. (23.7 × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Prospero Foundation
Object number84.228
Not on view
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Exhibition History"Moholy Nagy: The Evolution of a Photographic Vision," Wellesley College Museum, 16 April - 10 June 1985; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 2 Nov. 1985 - 5 January; Art Institute of Chicago, 31 Jan. - 13 April 1986 (LN:85.13)
"Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century Photographs in the Museum Collection", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston February 27 - May 1, 1988
“Shadows on the Wall: Cameraless Photography from 1851 to Today” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 31– November 30, 2014.
Published References Hight, Eleanor M. Moholy-Nagy : Photography and Film in Weimar Germany. Wellesley, Mass. : Wellesley College Museum, 1985. Steadman, David W., and Leland D. Rice, eds. Photographs of Moholy-Nagy from the collection of William Larson. Claremont, Calif: Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, 1975. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed by the artist on sheet verso in pencil, retraced in ink: Moholy=Nagy '29
Inscribed in unknown handwriting: 42 [circled]
Inscribed in unknown handwriting: 42 [circled]
Catalogue raisonnéMoholy-Nagy: The Photograms, 2009, fgm 296
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