Artist
László Moholy-Nagy (American, born Hungary, 1895–1946)American, born Hungary, 1895–1946
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Diagram of Forces
Date1938–1943
MediumGelatin silver print, photogram
DimensionsImage: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.2 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.2 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the S. I. Morris Photography Endowment
Object number84.238
Not on view
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ProvenanceWilliam Larson
Exhibition History"Photograms," John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan,WI, 26 May - 11 August 1985 (LN:85.21)
"Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century Photographs in the Museum Collection", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston February 27 - May 1, 1988
"The Art of Photography," Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo Japan,Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, Mar 3 - Apr 1 1990(LN:90.6)
"Moholy-Nagy," IVAM Centre Julio Gonzales, Valencia, Spain, 11 Feb - Apr 7, 1991, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, Apr 21 - June 16, 1991,
Centre de la Vieille Charite des Musees de Marseilles, Marseille, France
July 5 - Sep 15, 1991(LN:91.15)
“The Will to Architecture,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 1–July 6, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
A light sensitive paper/ was made wet, squashed / exposed to light. / The result is a 'diagram / of forces' projected on / the flat sheet. / by L. Moholy=Nagy / [arrow] for the cut maker: / please print it / hard so that / you get some / white M [circled]
Catalogue raisonnéMoholy-Nagy: The Photograms, 2009, fgm 307
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