Artist
László Moholy-Nagy (American, born Hungary, 1895–1946)American, born Hungary, 1895–1946
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Untitled
Date1939–1941
MediumGelatin silver print, photogram
DimensionsImage: 9 15/16 × 7 7/8 in. (25.2 × 20 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 7/8 in. (25.2 × 20 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 7/8 in. (25.2 × 20 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Prospero Foundation
Object number84.248
Not on view
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Photograms," John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan,WI, 26 May - 11 August 1985 (LN:85.21)
Exhibited: "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)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left in pencil "37.[circled]"
verso lower right and bottom in ink "Photogram made in / the Photo courses of / the School of Design in / Chicago, 247 East Ontario St / To study the reaction of the light sensitive emulsion / a mixer was placed direcly on the printing paper / and exposed to light without a camera."
verso lower right and bottom in ink "Photogram made in / the Photo courses of / the School of Design in / Chicago, 247 East Ontario St / To study the reaction of the light sensitive emulsion / a mixer was placed direcly on the printing paper / and exposed to light without a camera."
Catalogue raisonnéMoholy-Nagy: The Photograms, 2009, fgm 361
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