László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946)

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Lot 342 | László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946)
László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946)

Untitled, Berlin, 1922

signé à l'encre 'Moholy-Nagy 1922’ et dédicacé au crayon à Carola Welcker ‘für C.W. in herzlichster freundschaft,19/XI/30 Berlin’ (passe-partout); numéroté consécutivement '1-3' au crayon (au revers); cachet du photographe et annoté (montage, verso)

3 tirages argentiques (un tirage contact d’après négatif verre et deux tirages positifs), montés en triptyque sur support cartonné

le tirage positif de gauche est réhaussé à l'encre noir (en bas à gauche)

chaque image/feuille : environ 21 x 14 cm.

montage : 35,4 x 56,3 cm.

Exécutés entre 1922 et 1930



signed in ink 'Moholy-Nagy 1922’ and dedicated in pencil to Carola Welcker ‘für C.W. in herzlichster freundschaft,19/XI/30 Berlin’ (overmat); consecutively numbered '1-3' in pencil (on the reverse); stamped photographer's credit and annotated (mount, verso)

3 gelatin silver prints (one contact print from glass negative and two positives prints), combined to form a triptych and mounted on board

the left positive print is enhanced in black ink (lower left part)

each image/sheet : approx. 8.2⁄8 x 5.4⁄8 in.

mount : 13 7⁄8 x 22 1⁄8 in.

Executed between 1922 and 1930





Provenance

Carola Giedion-Welcker (1883-1979).

Par descendance au propriétaire actuel.



Literature

L. Moholy-Nagy, Malerei, Photografie, Film, Bauhaus Bücher #8, 1927 (illustré, p. 71).

W. Frerk, Photofreund Jahrbuch 1926⁄27, Berlin, 1927 (variante illustrée, n.p.)

Photographische Korrespondenz, no. 7, Vienne, 1927 (variante illustrée, n.p.)

F. Roh, László Moholy-Nagy: 60 Fotos, Berlin, 1930 (variante illustrée, n.p.)

F. Fraprie et W. Woodbury, Photographic Amusements, including Tricks and Unusual or Novel effects Obtainable with the Camera, Boston, 1931 (variante illustrée, n.p.)

Herbert Molderings et Renate Heyne, Moholy-Nagy. The Photograms. Catalogue raisonné, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2009 (illustré, p. 54).
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