Photogram, Self-Portrait, 1922–1926

ArtistLászló Moholy-Nagy, Bácsborsód 1895–1946 Chicago

Gelatin silver print

State/print versionFrom the Portfolio "Fotogramme/Photograms,1922-1926", published by Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich and Edizioni O, Milano, 1973

Image dimensions35,6 × 27 cm

Status

on display, room 023

About the workThroughout the evolution of photography, the joy of experimentation has often been at the centre. László Moholy-Nagy didn’t need a camera. The professor at the Bauhaus art school in Weimar and his wife Lucia – whose contribution is only gradually receiving the appreciation it deserves – placed objects on chemically treated paper and exposed it to light. The outlines of objects emerged. Moholy-Nagy called the result a “photogram”: a combination of “photograph” and “telegram”.

AccessionAcquisition 2019

Provenance[...]; 2019 angekauft von Kicken Berlin

Inventory numberF.2019.1252

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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