Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History



  • László Moholy-Nagy, 1925–26
    Lucia Moholy (British, born Czechoslovakia, 1894–1989)
    Gelatin silver print

    10 1/16 x 7 7/8 in. (25.6 x 20 cm)
    Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987 (1987.1100.69)

    Lucia Moholy was one of the most prolific photographers at the Bauhaus between 1923 and 1928, while her husband, László Moholy-Nagy, was an instructor there. For both, photography was not simply a transparent window onto objective reality but a specific technology to be systematically explored in the modern spirit of exuberant experimentation. Here, illustrating the effect of selective focus, Moholy imprints his hand against the invisible picture plane that separates viewer and subject—a playful, disorienting gesture that collapses illusionistic depth into the concrete reality of the photographic image.

    Related

    Index Terms

    Artist

    Material and Technique

    Subject Matter/Theme

    Artist Biography

    Technical Glossary


    Not on view
    MoveSeparatorPrint
    Close
    László Moholy-Nagy, 1925–26
    Lucia Moholy (British, born Czechoslovakia, 1894–1989)
    Gelatin silver print

    10 1/16 x 7 7/8 in. (25.6 x 20 cm)
    Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987 (1987.1100.69)


    Move
    Close
    fullMultimediaText