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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR48.52
People
László Moholy-Nagy, American (Bacsborsod, Hungary 1895 - 1946 Chicago, Ill., USA)
Title
Bauhaus Books No. 8: "Painting, Photography, Film" by László Moholy-Nagy
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Bauhaus Bücher 8: László Moholy-Nagy: "Malerei Photographie Film"
Classification
Books
Work Type
book
Date
1925
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/218104

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Photomechanical print black ink on coated and uncoated off-white wove paper; black wove endpapers; red ink on yellow cloth binding
Technique
Photomechanical print
Dimensions
23.6 x 18.6 x 1.4 cm (9 5/16 x 7 5/16 x 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase
Accession Year
1948
Object Number
BR48.52
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The binding appears to be sewn.

Publication History

  • Laura Muir, Lyonel Feininger: Photographs, 1928-1939, exh. cat. (Ostfildern, Germany, 2011), p. 21, fig. 4, ill.

Exhibition History

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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