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László Moholy-Nagy

Bácsborsód 1895 – 1946 Chicago

”Fotogramm”. 1925/1928

Gelatin silver print, enlargement of a photogram via repro-negative, circa 1929. 39,7 × 30 cm (39,9 × 30 cm) (15 ⅝ × 11 ¾ in. (15 ¾ × 11 ¾ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: László Moholy-Nagy. ”Fotogramm”. 1925/1928.

Estimate:

EUR 75,000

 

- 90,000

USD 87,200

 

- 104,700

Sold for:

93,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn 2021

The Art of Photography, Wednesday, 01.12.2021

Information

Gelatin silver print, enlargement of a photogram via repro-negative, circa 1929. 39,7 × 30 cm (39,9 × 30 cm) (15 ⅝ × 11 ¾ in. (15 ¾ × 11 ¾ in.)). Signed and dated: „1922" in pencil on the reverse. Inscribed and numbered in pencil by further hands as well as custom's stamp: „CUSTOMS & EXCISE, 209, GREAT PORTLAND ST. W. 1, MARYLEBONE, 2nd STATION", therein date stamp: „22 DEC. 1936". One of 10 motifs from the „Giedion-Portfolio", published in a planned edition of 20 copies, Berlin 1929. Catalogue Raisonné: fgm 206.

For kindly providing additional information we would like to thank Hattula Moholy-Nagy, daughter of the artist.

Private Collection, Belgium

Exh. cat.: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Fotogramme 1922-1943. Paris, Centre George Pompidou; Essen, Museum Folkwang, 1995/96, p. 168, ill. 58 (not dated, from the period: Dessau 1925-28) / Renate Heyne, Florian Neusüss and Hattula Moholy-Nagy (ed.): Moholy-Nagy. The Photograms. Catalogue Raisonné, Ost­fildern 2009, p. 170 (cat. no.: fgm 206, there dated: 1925-28) and p. 231

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