Untitled (Positive)
László Moholy-Nagy
c. 1922-1924
Medium
gelatin silver print from photogram negative
Dimensions
overall: 23.7 x 17.8 cm (9 5/16 x 7 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of The Circle of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1999.23.2
About the Artist
László Moholy-Nagy
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...