Untitled
László Moholy-Nagy
c. 1922-1924
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
overall: 23.8 x 17.8 cm (9 3/8 x 7 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
New Century Fund
Accession Number
2006.130.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
László Moholy-Nagy · 1895–1946
László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946), born László Weisz in Bácsborsód, Hungary, to a Jewish family, transformed from law student to pioneering modernist after World War I. Orphaned early by his father's departure, he was raised by his mother and guardian uncle Gusztáv Nagy, whose surname inspired his own. After studying law at the University of Budapest, Moholy-Nagy served as an Austro-Hungarian artille...