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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR58.176
People
László Moholy-Nagy, American (Bacsborsod, Hungary 1895 - 1946 Chicago, Ill., USA)
Title
Composition
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1923
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223299

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph printed on off-white wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 25.3 x 48 cm (9 15/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
sheet: 60.2 x 44 cm (23 11/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.r.: Moholy-Nagy

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Lydia Dorner
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
BR58.176
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • From Werkbund to Bauhaus: Art and Design in Germany 1900-1934, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1980 - 04/26/1980
  • German Art of the Twenties, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/26/1981 - 04/11/1981
  • 20th-Century Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/07/1981 - 11/11/1981
  • Deutsche Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus dem Busch-Reisinger Museum, Stadtische Galerie im Stadelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, 10/23/1982 - 01/16/1983; Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin 30, 02/10/1983 - 04/17/1983; Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 05/08/1983 - 06/26/1983
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 02/13/2015

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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