László Moholy-Nagy

Exhibited by Annely Juda Fine Art

Material Oil on canvas

Dimensions 68.5 × 89 cm

Place of Creation America

Price Price Upon Inquiry

Status Vetted

About the Work

László Moholy-Nagy (Hungarian) was one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, regarded as "relentlessly experimental" because of his pioneering work in painting, drawing, photography, collage, sculpture, film, theatre, and writing. He was also an ardent educator and together with Walter Gropius became an influential Professor of the Bauhaus School during its years in Weimer and also Berlin.

Moholy-Nagy was highly influenced by constructivism and a strong advocate for integrating technology and industry into the arts. He believed that art is a potential instrument for social transformation, a concept highly influenced by constructivist philosophy that promotes that art must serve a social purpose. He also worked collaboratively with other artists, including his first wife Lucia Moholy, Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, and Herbert Bayer and in 1937 he moved to the USA to become Director of the New Bauhaus in Chicago.

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Provenance

The Artist
The Artist’s Estate
Annely Juda Fine Art, London

Exhibited:
Láslzó Moholy-Nagy: A New World
Annely Juda Fine Art, London, 26 Sept - 2 Nov 2024
Galerie Le Minotaure, Paris, 17 May - 27 September 2025
Cat no.35

Albers and Moholy-Nagy: From the Bauhaus to the New World
Tate Modern, London, 9 Mar – 4 June 2006
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, 25 June – 1 Oct 2006
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2 Nov 2006 – 21 Jan 2007
Cat no.99, illustrated p.135

László Moholy-Nagy, A life in Motion: Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings and Photography
Annely Juda Fine Art, London, 17 October - 18 December 2004
no. 21, illustrated

Modern Britain 1929-1939
The Design Museum, London, 20 January - 23 May 1999

The Thirties: Influences on Abstract Art in Britain
Annely Juda Fine Art, London, 2 July – 19 September 1998
no.30

Années 30 en Europe 1929-39
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 21 February – 25 May 1997

László Moholy-Nagy
IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, no.226,
11 February – 7 April 1991
Fridericianum Museum, Kassel,
21 April – 16 June 1991, no. 68, illus. in colour p. 116
Musée Cantini, Marseille, no.33
5 July - 15 September 1991

László Moholy-Nagy
Magyar Nemzeti Galeria, Budapest
18 November – 9 December 1975
no.9

Moholy-Nagy
Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
31 October – 22 December 1974
no.26

Moholy-Nagy
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, no. 34
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
University Art Museum, Berkeley
Seattle Art Museum
1969