Photoreporter in the North Artic Sea
Artist
László Moholy-Nagy (American, born Hungary, 1895–1946)American, born Hungary, 1895–1946
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Photoreporter in the North Artic Sea
Date1930
PlaceEurope
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 7 1/16 in. (24.1 × 17.9 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 1/16 in. (24.1 × 17.9 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 1/16 in. (24.1 × 17.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the S. I. Morris Photography Endowment
Object number84.235
Not on view
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Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "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)
Exhibited: "A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Lower Jones and Masterson Galleries, October 14 - December 30, 2001.
Published References Haus, Andreas. Moholy-Nagy: photographs and photograms. New York: Pantheon Books, 1980. 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
verso center four lines[illegible]in pencil, "4[circled] e"
verso upper center a stamp "moholy-nagy / berlin-chbg. 9 / fredericiastr.27 atelier"
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