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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR50.1
People
László Moholy-Nagy, American (Bacsborsod, Hungary 1895 - 1946 Chicago, Ill., USA)
Title
Composition in Planes
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1925
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/225252

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Linocut printed on off-white wove paper
Technique
Linocut
Dimensions
block: 10.1 x 12 cm (4 x 4 3/4 in.)
sheet: 23.2 x 29.6 cm (9 1/8 x 11 5/8 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 Sibyl Moholy-Nagy
Accession Year
1950
Object Number
BR50.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Bauhaus Art and Design, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/07/1982 - 10/30/1982
  • Prints in Weimar Germany: 1918-1933, Block Gallery, Evanston, 01/06/1994 - 03/13/1994; Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, 04/08/1994 - 07/26/1994; University of Texas at Austin Art Museum, Austin, 09/09/1994 - 10/16/1994
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/11/2015 - 05/10/2015

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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