Untitled
- Artist
- László Moholy-Nagy, American (born Hungary), 1895–1946
- Date
- c.1925
- Material
- Gelatin silver print
- Classification
- Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image: 9 1/2 in. x 7 in. (24.1 x 17.8 cm)
sheet: 9 1/2 in. x 7 in. (24.1 x 17.8 cm) - Credit Line
- Friends Endowment Fund
- Rights
- Estate of László Moholy-Nagy © 2019 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Object Number
- 7:1983
NOTES
In Abstraction Laszlo Moholy-Nagy explores the formal relationships between light and dark through the photogram, a technique in which light is projected directly on to objects, both translucent and opaque, that have been placed on photographic paper. During his time as an instructor in metal arts at the Weimar Bauhaus from 1923 to 1928, Moholy-Nagy experimented with works from unusual points of view, as if seen through the eye of a worm or bird. His interest in odd perspectives is evident here, where forms appear to float in space, while the winged shape in the center suggests flight. Though he never described himself as a photographer, Moholy-Nagy produced some of the most influential photographs of the twentieth century.
Provenance
by 1975 -
William Larson, CA, USA [1]
- 1983
Prakapas Gallery (Dorothy Prakapas), New York, NY
1983 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Prakapas Gallery [2]
Notes:
[1] William Larson lent 7:1983 to a 1975 exhibition ["Photographs of Moholy-Nagy from the Collection of William Larson", Claremont, CA: Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, 1975, p. 41].
[2] Invoice dated February 4, 1983 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, February 23, 1983.
William Larson, CA, USA [1]
- 1983
Prakapas Gallery (Dorothy Prakapas), New York, NY
1983 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Prakapas Gallery [2]
Notes:
[1] William Larson lent 7:1983 to a 1975 exhibition ["Photographs of Moholy-Nagy from the Collection of William Larson", Claremont, CA: Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, 1975, p. 41].
[2] Invoice dated February 4, 1983 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, February 23, 1983.